Constipate

['kɒnstɪ,peɪt]

(verb.) cause to be constipated; 'These foods tend to constipate you'.

Checked by Gwen--From WordNet

(v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

(v. t.) To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.

(v. t.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Inputed by Julio

v. a. Make costive.

Edited by Carmella

v.t. to stop up: to make costive: (obs.) to press together.—n. Constipā′tion costiveness an irregular and insufficient action of the bowels.

Checker: Victoria