*cive*

n. (Bot.) Same as Chive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. civette (cf. It. zibetto) civet, civet cat, fr. LGr. zape`tion, fr. Ar. zubād, zabād, civet. ] 1. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool) The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To scent or perfume with civet. Cowper [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

-- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coercive force or
Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. S. Thompson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Growing together, or into union; uniting. [ R. ] Eclec. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote. [ 1913 Webster ]

However conducive to the good or our country. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of conducing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crescere to increase. ] Increasing; growing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That deduces; inferential. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disgracing. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. “This divorcive law.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to produce effervescence. “An effervescive force.” Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [ R. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Marsion. -- En*for"cive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to influence; influential. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. internecivus. ] Internecine. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]