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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: costive (0.02350 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: costive
costive
adj : retarding evacuation of feces [ant:
laxative]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Costive
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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