† contentiveadj.¹

Etymology: < content v. + -ive suffix: compare inventive.

Obsolete.

Fitted to content; satisfying.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying

payinga1500

satisfying1536

contentful1542

contenting1548

contentive1593

well-contenting1605

satiating1611

filling1626

contentsome1632

comfortable1769

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 80 What a brutish thing it is, howe short lasting, and but a minute contentiue.

1597 N. Breton Farewell in Wil of Wit f. 76 The company of a contentiue freende.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §2. 192 The..true contentive Obiect of the Soule of Man, is God.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 329 They shall find it a more contentive life then idleness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† contentiveadj.²

Etymology: < French contentif, -ive, that contains, retains (in modern French only in the surgical use), < Latin type *contentīvus , < continēre to contain v.: see -ive suffix and compare retentive.

Obsolete.

Characterized by containing, holding together, maintaining, etc. In Surgery see quot. 1882.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supporting by holding together

contentive1677

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [adjective] > types of bandage

contentive1739

obvolvent1857

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 443 His good wil is the effective, contentive and provisive Virtue.

1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xxxvii. 142 I did not yet remove the contentive Compress.

1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Contentive, the same as Retentive, applied to bandages which retain the lips of a wound, or the ends of fractured bones in apposition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	contentive
释义	† contentiveadj.¹ Etymology: < content v. + -ive suffix: compare inventive. Obsolete. Fitted to content; satisfying. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying payinga1500 satisfying1536 contentful1542 contenting1548 contentive1593 well-contenting1605 satiating1611 filling1626 contentsome1632 comfortable1769 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 80 What a brutish thing it is, howe short lasting, and but a minute contentiue. 1597 N. Breton Farewell in Wil of Wit f. 76 The company of a contentiue freende. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §2. 192 The..true contentive Obiect of the Soule of Man, is God. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 329 They shall find it a more contentive life then idleness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † contentiveadj.² Etymology: < French contentif, -ive, that contains, retains (in modern French only in the surgical use), < Latin type contentīvus , < continēre* to contain v.: see -ive suffix and compare retentive. Obsolete. Characterized by containing, holding together, maintaining, etc. In Surgery see quot. 1882. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supporting by holding together contentive1677 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [adjective] > types of bandage contentive1739 obvolvent1857 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 443 His good wil is the effective, contentive and provisive Virtue. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xxxvii. 142 I did not yet remove the contentive Compress. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Contentive, the same as Retentive, applied to bandages which retain the lips of a wound, or the ends of fractured bones in apposition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.¹1593adj.²1677
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