Definitions for: Costive

[adj] retarding evacuation of feces

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: binding, constipating

Antonyms: laxative

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