constipate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To cause constipation in, render costive. ambitransitive

— The medication can constipate you if you’re not drinking enough water.
To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together. obsolete
To pack or crowd together. obsolete

形容词 adj.

Constipated, costive. obsolete

— By […] much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry'd, and rendred Constipate.

词形变化

constipates present,singular,third-person constipating participle,present constipated participle,past constipated past more constipate comparative most constipate superlative

词汇关系

衍生词

constipative

词源

词源 1

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.

词源 2

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.