Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Constipate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
impede with a clog or as if with a clog
"The market is being clogged by these operations"
"My mind is constipated today"
2
cause to be constipated
"These foods tend to constipate you"
3
To cause constipation in.
Example Sentences
"The market is being clogged by these operations"
verb
"My mind is constipated today"
verb
"These foods tend to constipate you"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)