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OBSTIPATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obstipate mean?
• OBSTIPATE (verb)
The verb OBSTIPATE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: OBSTIPATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they obstipate
... he / she / it obstipates
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Past simple: obstipated
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Past participle: obstipated
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-ing form: obstipating
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Past simple: obstipated
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Past participle: obstipated
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-ing form: obstipating
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Constipate severely
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "obstipate" is one way to...):
bind; constipate (cause to be constipated)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
obstipation (severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines)
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