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tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.

1. To cause constipation in.
2. To clog or make sluggish; obstruct.

[Latin cōnstīpāre, cōnstīpāt-, to crowd together : com-, com- + stīpāre, to cram.]

(kŏn'stə-pāt')
v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.

To cause constipation in the bowels.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: impede with a clog or as if with a clog
  Synonym: clog

Meaning #2: cause to be constipated
  Synonym: bind

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - virke forstoppende

Nederlands (Dutch)
constiperen, verstopt raken

Français (French)
v. tr. - constiper

Deutsch (German)
v. - verstopfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προκαλώ/φέρνω δυσκοιλιότητα

Italiano (Italian)
costipare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - constipar

Русский (Russian)
вызывать запор

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - estreñir, constipar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vålla förstoppning, göra hård

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
限制, 使迟钝, 使便秘

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 限制, 使遲鈍, 使便秘

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 변비에 걸리게 하다, 방해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 便秘させる, 活気を奪う, 凝縮する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قبض, سبب امساك المعدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עיצר (המעיים)‬

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