constipate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive.
2. (obsolete) To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together.
3. (obsolete) To pack or crowd together.

Adj

Constipated, costive.

Concepten

stoppen

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verstoppen

constipatie veroorzaken

Synoniemen

clog

bind

confine

decelerate

slow

slow up

render costive

obstipate

choke

Vertalingen

estreñir

verstopfen

constipar

constiper

προκαλώ δυσκοιλιότητα

costipare

estar com prisão-de-ventre

atascarse

constreñir

embotar

atascar

inkıbaz vermek

kabzetmek

أمسك

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.