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
The eye and the ear are not merely means of perception, for in that case there could be no visual and no auditive arts.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
An audience which had come to applaud ballet was naturally disconcerted by such a contrast, and was unable to concentrate on something purely auditive.
From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor
Hitherto we have considered only the audition of a single sound, but it is possible also to have simultaneous auditive sensations, as in musical harmony.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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