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Costive
(gcide) | Costive \Cos"tive\ (k?s"t?v), a. [OF. costev['e], p. p. of
costever, F. constiper, L. constipare to press closely
together, to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram.
See Stipulate, Stiff, and cf. Constipate.]
1. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a
motion of the bowels; constipated.
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2. Reserved; formal; close; cold. [Obs.] "A costive brain."
--Prior. "Costive of laughter." --B. Jonson.
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You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and
close, but without being costive. --Lord
Chesterfield.
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3. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. [Obs.]
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Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the
sun and wind. --Mortimer.
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costive
(wn) | costive
adj 1: retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating
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costive
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Costively
(gcide) | Costively \Cos"tive*ly\, adv.
In a costive manner.
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Costiveness
(gcide) | Costiveness \Cos"tive*ness\, n.
1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels;
constipation.
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2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness. [Obs.]
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A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in
public elocution with myself. --Wakefield.
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costive
(wn) | costive
adj 1: retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating
[ant: laxative] |
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