Stive definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STIVE, v.t. [See Stuff and Stew.] 1. To stuff up ... sultry and close. [Not in use.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stive Stive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stived; p. pr. & vb. n ... kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stive Stive, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated. Webster's ...
... origin, and akin to E. stove. See Stove, and cf. Stive to stew.] To boil slowly, or with the simmering or ... of English Synonyms I. v. a. Boil (slowly), seethe, simmer, stive. II. v. n. Be boiled (slowly). III. n. 1. Hot ...