negative
adjective
expressing or containing negation or denial.
negativing
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present participleof negative.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The South has vindicated her sincerity, her honor, on that point by bringing forward a provision negativing, in express terms, any such effect as a result of this bill.
From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Alexander Johnston
This they proceeded to do, negativing absolutely my desire to accompany them.
From Gold by Stewart Edward White
On the contrary, it voted that the right of protest could not be recognized; and it found additional satisfaction in negativing an unusual number of the President's nominations.
From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Frederic Austin Ogg
These were almost uniformly opposed by the "men of the greatest weight in the community;" your weighty men, though slow to devise, being always great at "negativing."
From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Washington Irving
Sir Hugh Allan published a sworn affidavit, negativing McMullen's charges, and McMullen himself had subsequently admitted that his charges had been hasty and inaccurate.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
