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restive ADJ

restive

be restive VB

be restive
شَمَسَ
be restive
حَرَنَ

be or become restive VB

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Realizing that science and religion might be compatible after all, the crowd becomes vocally restive.
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Many parts of the empire maintained their cultural identity, and were at best restive participants in the imperial project.
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A number of special operations forces operate in the restive south.
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Some restive pairs, when added to another restive game of the same species, are still tame.
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By noon, when the hearing eventually began, the restive crowd had grown to 2,000 to 3,000 in number.
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As the area became less restive, the town began to take on a less military character.
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The town meeting, however, became more restive when it learned of this.
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Many restive colonies/possessions were promised subsequent independence in exchange for their support for embattled colonial powers during the war.
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Back on the sugar-cane plantation, the workers, tired of their diet of vegetables and rice, are restive.
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However, forced resettlement may sometimes be counter-productive where it increases resentment among an already restive population against the ruling regime.
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