- 1. a. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated. Source: opted
- 2. a. Reserved; formal; close; cold. Source: opted
- 3. a. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. Source: opted
- 4. adj. retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated. 2. Reserved; formal; close; cold. [Obs.] "A costive brain." Prior. "Costive of laughter." B. Jonson. You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. Lord Chesterfield. 3. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. [Obs.] Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the sun and wind. Mortimer. Source: webster
- 6. a. retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating Source: ecdict
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