constipate (verb)

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• constipate — ► VERB (usu. be constipated) ▪ affect with constipation. ORIGIN Latin constipare crowd or press together …   English terms dictionary

• constipate — (v.) 1530s, in part a back formation from constipation, in part from L. constipatus, pp. of constipare (see CONSTIPATION (Cf. constipation)). Earlier as an adj. (early 15c.); an earlier verb in this sense was constipen (late 14c.). Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

• constipate — verb To cause constipation in …   Wiktionary

• constipate — transitive verb ( pated; pating) Etymology: Medieval Latin constipatus, past participle of constipare, from Latin, to crowd together, from com + stipare to pack tight more at stiff Date: 1533 1. to cause constipation in 2. to make …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• constipate — /ˈkɒnstəpeɪt/ (say konstuhpayt) verb (t) (constipated, constipating) 1. to cause constipation in; make costive. 2. Obsolete to crowd or pack closely together. {Latin constīpātus, past participle, pressed together} –constipated, adjective …  

• slow down — verb 1. lose velocity; move more slowly (Freq. 5) The car decelerated • Syn: ↑decelerate, ↑slow, ↑slow up, ↑retard • Ant: ↑accelerate ( …   Useful english dictionary

• slow up — verb 1. become slow or slower (Freq. 1) Production slowed • Syn: ↑slow, ↑slow down, ↑slack, ↑slacken • Derivationally related forms: ↑slack ( …   Useful english dictionary

• constipated — [ kɒnstɪpeɪtɪd] adjective affected with constipation. Derivatives constipate verb Origin ME: from L. constipat , constipare crowd or press together , from con together + stipare press, cram …   English new terms dictionary

• obstipate — verb constipate severely • Derivationally related forms: ↑obstipation • Hypernyms: ↑constipate, ↑bind • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …   Useful english dictionary

• obstipate — verb a) To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage b) To become or cause to become blocked up See Also: constipate …   Wiktionary

• bind — I. verb (bound; binding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bindan; akin to Old High German bintan to bind, Greek peisma cable, Sanskrit badhnāti he ties Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to make secure by tying b. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary