estimative

American  

[es-tuh-mey-tiv] / ˈɛs təˌmeɪ tɪv /

adjective

1. capable of estimating.

2. pertaining to or based upon estimation; estimated.

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Etymology

Origin of estimative

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word aestimātīvus. See estimate, -ive

Example Sentences

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estimative

A newcomer to analysis could be forgiven for underestimating the value of successive articles about the same country, region or city that share similar probabilistic and estimative language.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2016

For the sensitive appetite is naturally moved, not only by the estimative power in other animals, and in man by the cogitative power which the universal reason guides, but also by the imagination and sense.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

They obey the reason in their own acts, because in other animals the sensitive appetite is naturally moved by the estimative power; for instance, a sheep, esteeming the wolf as an enemy, is afraid.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Therefore much less should we assign to the sensitive part a power, which they call the "estimative" power, for the perception of intentions which the sense does not perceive.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Therefore humility has to do with the appetite rather than with the estimative power.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas