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Found 2 items, similar to Restive.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: restive
restive
adj 1: being in a tense state [syn:
edgy,
high-strung,
highly strung
,
in suspense(p),
jittery,
jumpy,
nervy,
overstrung,
uptight]
2: impatient especially under restriction or delay;
“the
government has done nothing to ease restrictions and
manufacturers are growing restive”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Restive
Restive
\Rest"ive\ (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. r['e]tif, fr.
L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See
Rest
remainder, and cf.
Restiff.] .
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;
stubborn; drawing back.
[1913 Webster]
Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going
forward, as some horses do. --E. Philips
(1658).
[1913 Webster]
The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows
became restive, and went back. --Macaulay.
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2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition;
refractory.
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4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting
about; -- applied especially to horses. --Trench.
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Rest"ive, adv. --
Rest"ive*ness, n.
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Restive
\Rest"ive\ (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. r['e]tif, fr.
L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See
Rest
remainder, and cf.
Restiff.] .
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;
stubborn; drawing back.
[1913 Webster]
Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going
forward, as some horses do. --E. Philips
(1658).
[1913 Webster]
The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows
became restive, and went back. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition;
refractory.
[1913 Webster]
4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting
about; -- applied especially to horses. --Trench.
[1913 Webster] --
Rest"ive, adv. --
Rest"ive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
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