Definitions for constipate

constipate con·sti·pate

Spelling: [kon-stuh-peyt]
IPA: /ˈkɒn stəˌpeɪt/

Constipate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1039 anagrams from letters in constipate (aceinopstt).

Definitions for constipate

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause constipation in; make costive.
  2. Informal. to cause to become slow-moving or immobilized; restrict the action or effectiveness of:
  3. Obsolete. to crowd or pack closely together.

Origin of constipate

1375-1425; late Middle English (past participle) Latin constīpātus (past participle of constīpāre), equivalent to con- con- + stīpā- (stem of stīpāre to crowd, press)

Examples for constipate

Opium so employed does not produce narcotism, and does not constipate the bowels.

Brandy is decidedly injurious, it heats and inflames the throat, and tends to constipate the bowels.

Whatever tends to constipate the bowels may be reckoned a predisposing cause.

Do not give the laudanum unless demanded by the severity of the pain, as it tends to constipate.

There are some foods that tend to constipate while others act as a laxative.

The saccharated carbonate of iron is a beautiful preparation that does not constipate—is, indeed, a little laxative in action.

Word Value for constipate
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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