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con·sti·pate (kän′stə pāt′)
transitive verb constipated -·pat′ed, constipating -·pat′·ing
to cause constipation in
Etymology: < L constipatus, pp. of constipare, to press or crowd together < com-, together + stipare, to cram, pack: see stiff
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