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obstipate

obstipate verb: to induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage.

Verb

obstipate (third-person singular simple present obstipates, present participle obstipating, simple past and past participle obstipated)

  1. To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage
  2. (rare) To become or cause to become blocked up.
    • Noisy, stuffy men smelling of tobacco smoke, their minds obstipated by clogged presumptions !1926, Maxwell Struthers Burt, The Interpreter's House, page 136

Forms of obstipate

third-person singular presentobstipates
present participleobstipating
past participleobstipated
pastobstipated

Origin of obstipate

Borrowed from Late Latin obstipātus, perfect passive participle of obstipō (“to block, stop up”), from ob- + stipō; see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from obstipate

Questions about obstipate

What does obstipate mean?
Obstipate means to induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage.
What part of speech is obstipate?
Obstipate is a verb.
What is the past tense of obstipate?
The past tense of obstipate is obstipated.

Words near obstipate in the dictionary

  1. obstinatenesses
  2. obstination
  3. obstinative
  4. obstinence
  5. obstinent
  6. obstipate
  7. obstipated
  8. obstipates
  9. obstipating
  10. obstipation
  11. obstipational

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