a. Obs. rare. [f. L. continēnt- containing + -IVE.] Characterized by containing.
1530. Rastell, Bk. Purgat., III. ii. 3. Of places there be thre dyversytes. One is a place contynentyve, another is a place lymytatyve, and the thyrde is a place operatyve. Ibid. A place contynentyve is a place that conteyneth with in yt thinges that be corporall.
