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单词 constipate
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constipateadj.

Forms: Also 1500s constupat.
Etymology: < Latin constīpātus, past participle of constīpāre to press or crowd closely together, < con- + stīpāre to press, stuff, cram.
Obsolete.
= constipated adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated
fastOE
costivea1400
hardbound?a1425
embowelled1486
encumber1486
bound1530
constipate1542
constipated1547
styptic1582
costic1595
belly-bound1607
restringenta1661
unmoved1810
confined1822
screwbound1837
impacted1844
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxix. sig. M.i Necessary it is to be laxatyue and not in no wyse to be constupat.
1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. i. 255 By..much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry'd, and rendred Constipate.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. xi. 229 The Belly..becomes now quite constipate and tumified.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

constipatev.

/ˈkɒnstɪpeɪt/
Forms: Also 1500s constup-.
Etymology: < Latin constīpāt- participial stem of constīpāre : see constipate adj. Compare French constiper (14th cent.), and costive adj.
1. transitive. To crowd, pack, or press closely together; to condense, thicken (liquids); to make firm and compact by pressing together. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)]
congealc1384
sadc1384
resolvea1398
thightc1440
condense1477
constipate1546
condensate1555
engross1561
indense1576
sadden1600
settle1611
densate1613
solidate1640
corporify1644
conspissate1647
consolidate1653
conglaciate1660
solidify1799
densify1820
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. xiv. 59 b Mirrhe which is an humoure congeled and constipated together with heate.
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 92 Cold..does constipate, and fix, rare and fluid bodies.
1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 342 Vapours..constipated and condensed into Clouds.
2. Medicine.
a. To contract, bind together, constrict (the tissues); to close (the pores or vessels).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > bind or constrict [verb (transitive)]
constipe1398
astringe1562
constipate1601
glutinate1651
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. iv. 303 Hard and vehement friction doth constipat and bind the bodie. [Gloss., Constipate, to harden and make more fast and compact.]
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 119 The Quality of intirely constipating or shutting up the capillary Vessels.
1764 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 20 Warmth relaxes the animal fibres, and..cold constipates and braces them.
b. spec. To confine the bowels, so that the fæces are passed with difficulty; to render costive.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > cause excretory disorder [verb (transitive)] > constipation
constipate1541
stop1542
inveterate1574
detain1580
bind1597
restringe1598
confine1870
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 18 a Meates harryshe, lyke the taste of wylde fruites, do constipate and restrayne.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 73 Omitting..honey, which is of a laxative power it selfe, the powder of some Loadstones in this dose doth rather constipate and binde, then purge and loosen the belly. View more context for this quotation
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 77 The bowels are constipated.
figurative.1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 24 Visions..suspending the senses, constipating the spirits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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