Definition of stive

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Stive (v. i.) To be stifled or suffocated.

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Hastive :: Hastive (n.) Forward; early; -- said of fruits.
Bellybound :: Bellybound (a.) Costive; constipated.
Penny :: Penny (n.) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Indigestion :: Indigestion (n.) Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.
Tempestivily :: Tempestivily (n.) The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness..
Desistive :: Desistive (a.) Final; conclusive; ending.
Digestive :: Digestive (n.) A tonic.
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
Restive :: Restive (a.) Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Hepato-pancreas :: Hepato-pancreas (n.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates..
Archenteron :: Archenteron (n.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Diatribe :: Diatribe (n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic..
Costive :: Costive (a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.
Pancreas :: Pancreas (n.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus..
Skittish :: Skittish (v. t.) Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
Exhaustive :: Exhaustive (a.) Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method..
Significant :: Significant (a.) Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look..
Festally :: Festally (adv.) Joyously; festively; mirthfully.
Stive :: Stive (v. t.) To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling..
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