The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors
         of one kind or other.                    --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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