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a suffix occurring in substantives of Latin origin: definitive; fugitive.
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Post′-pos′itive; Post′-remote′, more remote in subsequent time or order; Post′-ter′tiary, more recent than the Tertiary.
Prim′itive-col′ours, the colours from which all others are supposed to be derived—viz.
Voli′tionless; Vol′itive, having power to will: expressing a wish.
Exhib′itive, serving for exhibition: representative; Exhib′itory, exhibiting.