† ˈtidive, a. Obs. rare—1.
[Alteration of tidy a., after adjs. in -ive; perh. by association with hastive, hasty, tardife, tardy, etc.]
Timely, opportune: = tidy a. 1.
| ? 17.. Lord Barnett, etc. xv. in Child Ballads iii. (1885) 257/1 Being in the tidive hour. |