portative
[pawr-tuh-tiv, pohr-]
- capable of being carried; portable.
- having or pertaining to the power or function of carrying.
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- Also called portative organ. a small portable pipe organ used especially during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Origin of portative
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Related Words for portative
compact, convenient, handy, lightweight, mobile, ambulatory, portable, motile, light, movable, adaptable, adjustable, loose, moving, removable, separable, transferable, unattached, unsteady, conveyableportative
- a less common word for portable
- concerned with the act of carrying
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Word Origin for portative
C14: from French, from Latin portāre to carry
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