Make costive
1Stegnotic — Steg*no tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to cover, to make costive, fr. ?, ?, covered, closed.] (Med.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally. n. A stegnotic medicine; an astringent. [1913 Webster] …
2constipate — /kon steuh payt /, v.t., constipated, constipating. 1. to cause constipation in; make costive. 2. Informal. to cause to become slow moving or immobilized; restrict the action or effectiveness of: Bureaucratic red tape can constipate the… …
3bind — 1. To confine or encircle with a band or bandage. 2. To join together with a band or ligature. 3. To combine or unite molecules by means of reactive groups, either in the molecules per se or in a chemical added for that purpose; frequently used… …
4constipate — To cause constipation. * * * con·sti·pate kän(t) stə .pāt vt, pat·ed; pat·ing to make costive: cause constipation in …
5constipate — v. a. Make costive …
6constipate — /ˈkɒnstəpeɪt/ (say konstuhpayt) verb (t) (constipated, constipating) 1. to cause constipation in; make costive. 2. Obsolete to crowd or pack closely together. {Latin constīpātus, past participle, pressed together} –constipated, adjective …
7restringe — rə̇ˈstrinj transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin restringere to draw back tight, restrict more at restrain 1. obsolete : to make costive : bind 2. archaic …
8Taciturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taciturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 silence silence muteness obmutescence Sgm: N 1 taciturnity taciturnity pauciloquy costiveness| curtness Sgm: N 1 reserve reserve reticence &c.(concealment) 528 …
9Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …
10Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell —   …
