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costive a. 秘结性的,便秘的,小气的 秘结性的,便秘的,小气的 costive adj 1: retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating [ ant: { laxative}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Reserved; formal; close; cold. [ Obs.] " A costive brain." -- Prior. " Costive of laughter." -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. -- Lord Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the sun and wind. -- Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster]
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