constipate

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• /ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/
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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.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: причинявам запек (pričinjavam zapek) — to cause constipation in
• Finnish: ummettaa — to cause constipation in
• Finnish: aiheuttaa ummetusta — to cause constipation in
• Finnish: kovettaa vatsaa — to cause constipation in
• French: constiper — to cause constipation in
• Galician: estrinxir — to cause constipation in
• German: verstopfen — to cause constipation in
• Irish: triomaigh — to cause constipation in
• Japanese: 便秘する (benpi-suru) — to cause constipation in
• Romanian: constipa — to cause constipation in
• Russian: вызывать запор (vyzyvatʹ zapor) — to cause constipation in
• Russian: крепить (krepitʹ) — to cause constipation in
• Spanish: estreñir — to cause constipation in
• German: überfüllen — to pack or crowd together