auditive

[ aw-di-tiv ]

/ ˈɔ dɪ tɪv /

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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

Words nearby auditive

audit, Audit Bureau of Circulation, audition, auditionee, auditioner, auditive, auditor, Auditor General, auditorium, auditory, auditory aphasia

How to use auditive in a sentence

They are of two orders; the purely auditive, and the intellectual or moral.
Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I (of 2)|Jaime Luciano Balmes
Exceptional visual and auditive imaging power are rarely present in the same individual.
A Librarian's Open Shelf|Arthur E. Bostwick
He was a rapid mental calculator, using auditive imagery rather than visual.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson
He is an "auditive" as well as a "visualist," to employ the precious classification of the psychiatrists.
Unicorns|James Huneker

Simply because our auditive perception has assumed the habit of saturating itself with visual images.
Bergson and His Philosophy|J. Alexander Gunn