constipate

Verb

impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- "My mind is constipated today"
cause to be constipated
- "These foods tend to constipate you"
To cause constipation in, render costive.
To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together.
To pack or crowd together.

Adj

Constipated, costive.

Origin / Etymology

The adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Classical Latin cōnstīpō (“to crowd or press tightly together”) (whence obsoleted sense 2 and 3), itself from con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”). Cognate with Middle English constipen (“to constipate”) and doublet of costive; related to stiff.

Synonyms

bind, clog

Scrabble Score: 14

constipate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
constipate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
constipate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

constipate is a valid Words With Friends word