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-itive

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  1. a suffix occurring in substantives of Latin origin.

    definitive; fugitive.

Etymology

Origin of -itive

< Latin -itīvus or -ītīvus; -ite 2, -ive

Example Sentences

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Splen′itive, full of spleen, passionate, irritable.—ns.

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Supposi′tionary, hypothetical; Suppos′itive, implying, expressing, or including a supposition.—adv.

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Vom′itive, Vom′itory, causing to vomit.—n. a vomit or emetic.—ns.

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Voli′tionless; Vol′itive, having power to will: expressing a wish.

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Post′-pos′itive; Post′-remote′, more remote in subsequent time or order; Post′-ter′tiary, more recent than the Tertiary.—n. the most recent geological division.

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