[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

constipate \con"stipate\, 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. obs.
      1913 webster

            of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. to stop a channel by filling it, and preventing passage
      through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
      1913 webster

   3. med. to render costive; to cause constipation in.
      1913 webster
see also:
constipated constipating costive 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

constipate
     v 1: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "the market is
          being clogged by these operations"; "my mind is
          constipated today" syn: clog
     2: cause to be constipated; "these foods tend to constipate
        you" syn: bind
see also:
clog bind 

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