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constipating

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con·sti·pate  (knst-pt)
tr.v. con·sti·pat·ed, con·sti·pat·ing, con·sti·pates
1. To cause constipation in.
2. To clog or make sluggish; obstruct.
[Latin cnstpre, cnstpt-, to crowd together : com-, com- + stpre, to cram.]


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