v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Constipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Constipating. ] [ L. constipatus, p. p. of constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive. ] 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. constipatio a crowding together: cf. F. constipation. ] 1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened fæces; costiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
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