costive in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for costive in the English»Italian Dictionary

costive [Brit ˈkɒstɪv, Am ˈkɑstɪv, ˈkɔstɪv] ADJ

1. costive MED (constipated):

costive

costipato

costive

stitico

2. costive (sluggish):

costive form

pigro

costive form

indolente

Translations for costive in the Italian»English Dictionary

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stitico

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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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In his later years he was chronically costive.

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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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