negative
adjective
expressing or containing negation or denial.
had negatived
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past perfectof negative.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Though social law had negatived forever their opening paradise of the previous June, it was not without stoical pride that he accepted the present trying conjuncture.
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
My error was in ever permitting the experiment to be made, since if I had negatived the idea.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Harry Bates
His devotion to her had forestalled every pain with its antidote of perfect love, had negatived every lack, had precluded every desire, had shut all avenues of entrance against self.
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
This did not displease her, for, though she had negatived his suggestion, her father's wishes coincided with her own.
From Alton of Somasco by Harold Bindloss
"Sphere," implies limitations; the Crusade had negatived them.
From Quisanté by Anthony Hope
