| 单词 | constipate |
| 释义 | constipate /kon"steuh payt'/, v.t., constipated, constipating. 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. Obs. to crowd or pack closely together. [1375-1425; late ME (ptp.) < L constipatus (ptp. of constipare), equiv. to con- CON- + stipa- (s. of stipare to crowd, press) + -tus ptp. suffix] |
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