Con″sti‐pate (?), 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.
Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
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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.