Con`sti*pa"tion (?), n. [L. constipatio a crowding together: cf. F. constipation.] 1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.]
Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles.
Boyle.
2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened fŠces; costiveness.
Con*stit"u*en*cy (?), n.; pl. Constituencies (&?;). A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.
Con*stit"u*ent (?), a. [L. constituens, -entis, p. pr. See Constitute.] 1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.
Dryden.