restive

a. கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்குள் அமையாத, கட்டுப்பாட்டை மீறுகிற, குதிரை வகையில் அடங்காது முரண்டு செய்கிற, முன்னேறாமல் நின்றே பின்னேறிச்சென்றே அடம்செய்கிற, மீறத்துடிக்கிற.

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Rest"ive (rst"v), a. Etym: [OF. restif, F. rétif, fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff.] . Defn: Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. E. Philips (1658). The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back. Macaulay. 2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory. 4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses. Trench. -- Rest"ive, adv. -- Rest"ive*ness, n.