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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Two qualities, indeed, of his nature he kept in such abeyance, the amative and the humorous—and he was not without a humorous side—as to express but little of them in his writings.
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
There was something in Phillotson's tone now which seemed to show that his three months of remarriage with Sue had somehow not been so satisfactory as his magnanimity or amative patience had anticipated.
From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas
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
Mademoiselle de Nevers had some fortune of her own, of course, but it was not large; it was not the feast for which the amative Mantuan had hungered.
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
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
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