单词 | constipate |
释义 | † constipateadj. Obsolete. = constipated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated fastOE costivea1400 hardbound?a1425 embowelled1486 encumber1486 bound1530 constipate1542 constipated1547 styptic1582 costic1595 belly-bound1607 restringenta1661 unmoved1810 confined1822 screwbound1837 impacted1844 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxix. sig. M.i Necessary it is to be laxatyue and not in no wyse to be constupat. 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. i. 255 By..much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry'd, and rendred Constipate. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. xi. 229 The Belly..becomes now quite constipate and tumified. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). constipatev.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)] congealc1384 sadc1384 resolvea1398 thightc1440 condense1477 constipate1546 condensate1555 engross1561 indense1576 sadden1600 settle1611 densate1613 solidate1640 corporify1644 conspissate1647 consolidate1653 conglaciate1660 solidify1799 densify1820 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. xiv. 59 b Mirrhe which is an humoure congeled and constipated together with heate. 1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 92 Cold..does constipate, and fix, rare and fluid bodies. 1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 342 Vapours..constipated and condensed into Clouds. 2. Medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > bind or constrict [verb (transitive)] constipe1398 astringe1562 constipate1601 glutinate1651 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. iv. 303 Hard and vehement friction doth constipat and bind the bodie. [Gloss., Constipate, to harden and make more fast and compact.] 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 119 The Quality of intirely constipating or shutting up the capillary Vessels. 1764 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 20 Warmth relaxes the animal fibres, and..cold constipates and braces them. b. spec. To confine the bowels, so that the fæces are passed with difficulty; to render costive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > cause excretory disorder [verb (transitive)] > constipation constipate1541 stop1542 inveterate1574 detain1580 bind1597 restringe1598 confine1870 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 18 a Meates harryshe, lyke the taste of wylde fruites, do constipate and restrayne. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 73 Omitting..honey, which is of a laxative power it selfe, the powder of some Loadstones in this dose doth rather constipate and binde, then purge and loosen the belly. View more context for this quotation 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 77 The bowels are constipated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1542v.1541 |
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