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denominative

[dih-nom-uh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv]
adjective
  1. conferring or constituting a distinctive designation or name.
  2. Grammar. (especially of verbs) formed from a noun, as English to man from the noun man.
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noun
  1. Grammar. a denominative verb or other word.
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Origin of denominative

1580–90; < Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, equivalent to dēnōmināt(us) (see denominate) + -īvus -ive
Related formsde·nom·i·na·tive·ly [dih-nom-uh-ney-tiv-lee, -nuh-tiv-] /dɪˈnɒm əˌneɪ tɪv li, -nə tɪv-/, adverb
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Examples from the Web for denominative

Historical Examples

  • This word comes from Wagoush, a fox, and the denominative inflection a ainc or ais.

    Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820

    Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

British Dictionary definitions for denominative

denominative

adjective
  1. giving or constituting a name; naming
  2. grammar
    1. (of a word other than a noun) formed from or having the same form as a noun
    2. (as noun)the verb "to mushroom" is a denominative
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Derived Formsdenominatively, adverb
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Word Origin and History for denominative

adj.

early 15c., "in name only," from Late Latin denominativus, from Latin denominatus (see denominate).

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