constipate

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    impede with a clog or as if with a clog
    cause to be constipated

Word Origin

constipate (v.)
1530s, in part a back-formation from constipation, in part from Latin constipatus, past participle of constipare (see constipation). Earlier as an adjective (early 15c.); an earlier verb in this sense was constipen (late 14c.). Related: Constipated; constipating.

Example

1. The card that defecate constipate appears to be illogical between gestation is awaited .

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