The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tensive
Tensive \Ten"sive\, a. [Cf. F. tensif. See Tense, a.] Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.
A tensive pain from distension of the parts.
--Floyer.
Wiktionary
tensive
a. Of or pertaining to tension
Usage examples of "tensive".
Flim flam's spilling his guts: His Highness has rather an ex tensive operation--child labor in his rice paddies and mines, child prostitution, and a child farm where the healthiest are kept that way until someone can pay for the organ they need.