Stive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stiving.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff.] To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. Sandys.
His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. Sir H. Wotton.