"constipate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constipate.wav Forms: more constipate [comparative], most constipate [superlative]
Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Classical Latin cōnstīpō (“to crowd or press tightly together”) (whence obsoleted sense 2 and 3), itself from con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”). Cognate with Middle English constipen (“to constipate”) and doublet of costive; related to stiff. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*steyp-}}, {{yesno|1|i|I}} i, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|en|enm|constipat|constipat(e)|constipated|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), {{inh+|en|enm|constipat|constipat(e)|nocap=1|t=constipated}} inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), {{der|en|la-med|cōnstīpātus||constipated}} Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”), {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la-med|cōnstīpō||to cause constipation, to constipate}} Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”), {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix), {{af|la|con-|stīpō|nocat=1|t2=to press, cram}} con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”), {{cog|enm|constipen||to constipate}} Middle English constipen (“to constipate”), {{dbt|en|costive|nocap=1}} doublet of costive Head templates: {{en-adj}} constipate (comparative more constipate, superlative most constipate), {{tlb|en|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. Constipated, costive. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-constipate-en-adj-cqb4yeVz

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constipate.wav Forms: constipates [present, singular, third-person], constipating [participle, present], constipated [participle, past], constipated [past]
Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Classical Latin cōnstīpō (“to crowd or press tightly together”) (whence obsoleted sense 2 and 3), itself from con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”). Cognate with Middle English constipen (“to constipate”) and doublet of costive; related to stiff. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*steyp-}}, {{yesno|1|i|I}} i, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|en|enm|constipat|constipat(e)|constipated|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), {{inh+|en|enm|constipat|constipat(e)|nocap=1|t=constipated}} inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), {{der|en|la-med|cōnstīpātus||constipated}} Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”), {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la-med|cōnstīpō||to cause constipation, to constipate}} Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”), {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix), {{af|la|con-|stīpō|nocat=1|t2=to press, cram}} con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”), {{cog|enm|constipen||to constipate}} Middle English constipen (“to constipate”), {{dbt|en|costive|nocap=1}} doublet of costive Head templates: {{en-verb}} constipate (third-person singular simple present constipates, present participle constipating, simple past and past participle constipated)
  1. (ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive. Tags: ambitransitive Translations (to cause constipation in): причинявам запек (pričinjavam zapek) (Bulgarian), ummettaa (Finnish), aiheuttaa ummetusta (Finnish), kovettaa vatsaa (Finnish), constiper (French), estrinxir (Galician), verstopfen (German), triomaigh (Irish), 便秘する (benpi-suru) (alt: べんぴ-する) (Japanese), constipa (Romanian), вызывать запор (vyzyvatʹ zapor) [imperfective] (Russian), крепить (krepitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), estreñir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-constipate-en-verb-8KS6VfjX Disambiguation of 'to cause constipation in': 100 0 0
  2. (obsolete, medicine) To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-constipate-en-verb-bw~mvQG8 Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (obsolete) To pack or crowd together. Tags: obsolete Translations (to pack or crowd together): überfüllen (German)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: constipative Related terms: constipation

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          "text": "By […] much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry'd, and rendred Constipate.",
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