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# restive

adjective

«restive» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unable to keep still, and restless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restive/#m1)
2. Unwilling to be controlled, impatient, and difficult to manage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restive/#m2)

### In the lessons

a horse that will not stand still and fights its rider

### Examples

- The restive horse stamped and would not stand still. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restive/#x1)
- The children grew restive during the long wait. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restive/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «restive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«restive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/restive.html) on Mova free.