† 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.