limitative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonlimitative adjective
Etymology
Origin of limitative
From the Medieval Latin word līmitātīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See limitation, -ive
Example Sentences
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I wonder at the folly of those who, in order to know God better, consider him, they say, in his pure and absolute essence, disengaged from all limitative determination.
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But these two forces, the me and the not-me, are reciprocally limitative.
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The post-resurrection body was apparently less limitative and more expressive.
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It is argued by those opposed to us that that is a restrictive provision, a limitative provision, on the doctrine “inclusio unius fit exclusio alterius.”
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Section 133 is not limitative.
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