Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
steeve for stiff. - To become stiff; stiffen.
- To stiffen.
- To stuff; cram; stow; crowd.
- To stew, as meat.
- To stew, as in a close atmosphere; be stifled.
- noun An obsolete form of
stew . - noun Dust; the dust floating in flour-mills during the operation of grinding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be stifled or suffocated.
- noun The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
- transitive verb To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
floating dust in aflour mill caused by the operation ofgrinding .
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Examples
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Authors should always stive to have complete information in their works.
Just ask « 2009
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Stir in lentis, bring to a boil and let simmer on stive tope till done. (about 20 min)
Chilean Sea Bass with Lentils and Salsa Verde aka TBTAM 2008
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I would like to understand what policies you think the Democratic Party should stive for.
Obama Takes a Pass on Race Remarks - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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That god for those precious few that support students as decent fellow humans and who stive not to perpetuate the vile psychic violence that is so much a part of our society.
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We should stive for what the EU calls absolutely free movement of people, goods, and capital.
Think Progress » Buchanan Argues For Immigration Moratorium To Preserve White Dominance 2006
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Every being is endowed with the necessary impulse to assert itself, and, as reason demands nothing contrary to nature, it requires each one to follow this impulse and to stive after whatever is useful to him.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Det er vigtigere, at det offentlige sikrer danskerne en sundhedssektor med frie valg, konkurrence og mennesket i centrum end at bevare politisk styring, monopol og stive systemer.
Blogbot - forsiden 2010
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To this end, we will stive to create a caring, responsive ennvironment that will nurture individual growth, focus on teamwork and foster meaningful community relations.
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May we both stive to accomplish wa s best we can in this world.
Articles 2009
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The net effect will be that the tax take will rise due to this ruling, as more people will stive to achieve more, and so will earn more.
JimPeters commented on the word stive
The examples shown for "stive" are errors, typos of "strive" or "stove"--with the exception of example #15, which may be applicable to some definitions.
Valid example for meaning "stuffed, crowded":
His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. - Sir H. Wotton. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Stive
For the above meaning, the word seems to have come down from Middle English, maybe from French "estiver, Spanish "estivar", Latin "stipare".
It is also Danish and Norwegian for "starch, stiffen".
The noun meaning "floating dust" comes from Danish.
May 6, 2011