Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stive \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.