modificatory
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of modificatory
1815–25; < Latin modificāt ( us ) ( see modification) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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Thou, in Turkish, is sen, and as all modificatory syllables are placed at the end of the root, we get sev-er-sen, thou lovest.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
In these roots either the first or the last consonant is modificatory.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
By the addition of these two modificatory syllables, the numbers of derivative roots is at once raised to thirty-six.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
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