Translations for „costive“ in the English » German Dictionary

cos·tive [ˈkɒstɪv, Am ˈkɑ:st-] ADJ form

costive

verstopft

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English

Legislation was produced, north and south of the border, by costive parliamentary debate, in the period 1604 to 1607, but it was limited in scope, mainly removing hostile laws.

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In his later years he was chronically costive.

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It would, the argument goes, demonstrate a healthy range of emotional awareness instead of a tightly bound costive and repressive state.

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