compressiveadj.

Brit.

/kəmˈprɛsɪv/, U.S.

/kəmˈprɛsɪv/

Etymology: < Latin type *compressīvus , < compress- participial stem of comprimĕre : see -ive suffix. So modern French compressif, -ive.

1. Having the attribute or function of compressing; tending to compress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting

compressive1578

constrictive1578

strangling1606

squeezy1751

strangulating1822

constricting1836

constringing1858

constringent1876

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 67 The compressiue motion of the Ventricle and intrels.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 111 By reason of their compressiue faculty, being eaten after meate, they [apples] make the belly soluble, and helpe the subduction of excrements.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxxiii. 118 His three fingers supported..[the book], without the least compressive violence.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 171 The bark..has also a strong compressive energy, expelling moisture from the layers that successively assume the character of heart-wood.

1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xci. 21 A neighbour sure to be domineering and compressive, and likely enough to be tyrannical.

†2. Consisting in or caused by compression. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > consisting in or caused by

compressive1572

1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde i. f. 7 Ytching payne commeth of a tarte or salt humor..Compressiue, commeth of matter, or wyndines, that maketh narrowe, or constrayneth, the membre or part.

1662 H. More Immortality of Soul (ed. 2) iii. i. 148 in Coll. Several Philos. Writings A more then ordinary Motion or compressive Rest may very well prove painful to the Soul.

Derivatives

comˈpressively adv. with compression.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > oppressively

heavilyc1320

oppressingly1629

oppressively1773

compressively1834

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 183/2 My upbringing..was rigorous, too frugal, compressively secluded.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	compressive
释义	compressiveadj. Brit. /kəmˈprɛsɪv/, U.S. /kəmˈprɛsɪv/ Etymology: < Latin type compressīvus , < compress-* participial stem of comprimĕre : see -ive suffix. So modern French compressif, -ive. 1. Having the attribute or function of compressing; tending to compress. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting compressive1578 constrictive1578 strangling1606 squeezy1751 strangulating1822 constricting1836 constringing1858 constringent1876 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 67 The compressiue motion of the Ventricle and intrels. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 111 By reason of their compressiue faculty, being eaten after meate, they [apples] make the belly soluble, and helpe the subduction of excrements. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxxiii. 118 His three fingers supported..[the book], without the least compressive violence. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 171 The bark..has also a strong compressive energy, expelling moisture from the layers that successively assume the character of heart-wood. 1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xci. 21 A neighbour sure to be domineering and compressive, and likely enough to be tyrannical. †2. Consisting in or caused by compression. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > consisting in or caused by compressive1572 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde i. f. 7 Ytching payne commeth of a tarte or salt humor..Compressiue, commeth of matter, or wyndines, that maketh narrowe, or constrayneth, the membre or part. 1662 H. More Immortality of Soul (ed. 2) iii. i. 148 in Coll. Several Philos. Writings A more then ordinary Motion or compressive Rest may very well prove painful to the Soul. Derivatives comˈpressively adv. with compression. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > oppressively heavilyc1320 oppressingly1629 oppressively1773 compressively1834 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 183/2 My upbringing..was rigorous, too frugal, compressively secluded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1572
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