[kon-stuh-peyt] 
| 1. | to cause constipation in; make costive. |
| 2. | Informal. to cause to become slow-moving or immobilized; restrict the action or effectiveness of: Bureaucratic red tape can constipate the operations of any government agency. |
| 3. | Obsolete. to crowd or pack closely together. |
| con·sti·pate (kŏn'stə-pāt') tr.v. con·sti·pat·ed, con·sti·pat·ing, con·sti·pates
[Latin cōnstīpāre, cōnstīpāt-, to crowd together : com-, com- + stīpāre, to cram.] |
constipate con·sti·pate (kŏn'stə-pāt')
v. con·sti·pat·ed, con·sti·pat·ing, con·sti·pates
To cause constipation in the bowels.