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CONSTIPATE

\kˈɒnstɪpˌe͡ɪt], \kˈɒnstɪpˌe‍ɪt], \k_ˈɒ_n_s_t_ɪ_p_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of CONSTIPATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To render costive; to cause constipation in.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To press closely together: to stop up: to make costive.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make costive.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To fill and stop (the bowels).

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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