Cōn'sti-pāte, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. CONSTIPATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONSTIPATING.] [Lat. constipatus, p. p. of constipare, from con and stipare, to crowd together; Fr. constiper, Sp. constipar, It. costipare.] 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.

2. To stop, as a passage, by filling it, and preventing motion through it. Browne.
3. To render costive.