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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.

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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.