Obs. Also 6 constupat. [ad. L. constīpāt-us, pa. pple. of constipāre to press or crowd closely together, f. con- + stīpāre to press, stuff, cram.] = CONSTIPATED.
1542. Boorde, Dyetary, xxix. (1870), 292. Necessary it is to be laxatyue and not in no wyse to be constupat.
1697. R. Peirce, Bath Mem., II. i. 255. By … much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry’d, and rendred Constipate.
1733. Cheyne, Eng. Malady, II. xi. § 2 (1734), 229. The Belly … becomes now quite constipate and tumefied.
