auditive
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of auditive
1400–50; late Middle English auditif (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin audītīvus, equivalent to Latin audīt ( us ) past participle of audīre to hear + -īvus -ive
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Example Sentences
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Productions of this kind, which he had the opportunity of observing only once, are sometimes united in masses, and completely close the auditive canal.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
He is not "auditive"; like Loti and the Goncourts, he writes for the eye.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
According to Hensen, certain Crustacea on sloughing spontaneously introduce fine grains of sand as auditive stones into their otolith vesicle.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
Be this last as it may, it is certain that the emotion connected with the word Beautiful can be evoked by that word alone, and without an accompanying act of visual or auditive perception.
From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon
But besides the auditive function, Weber's ossicles may perfectly well discharge some other function.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
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