Thesaurus: constipate

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1. v. t. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
2. v. t. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
3. v. t. To render costive; to cause constipation in.
4. v. impede with a clog or as if with a clog
5. v. cause to be constipated
6. 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon. 2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels. 3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
7. v:100 v. cause to be constipated