amative
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of amative
1630–40; < Medieval Latin amātīvus, equivalent to amāt ( us ) (past participle of amāre to love) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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He was amative or constructive, and at the same time he not only possessed but liked to exercise lucidity of thought.
From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire
They held that these functions were urinary, reproductive and amative, each separate and distinct in its use from the others.
From Woman and the New Race by Sanger, Margaret
Japanese amative poetry is noted for its delicate fancies and plays on words exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, of translation, or even of expression, to one unacquainted with the language.
From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis
He was poor; he was amative; he was unsatisfied.
From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire
For that matter, though not amative to any considerable degree so far as I have discovered, I was never outside the atmosphere of women until now.
From The Sea Wolf by London, Jack
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