positif
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of positif
from French: positive
Example Sentences
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Mauvaise Nouvelle EBOLA: Le Mali vient d'enregistrer son premier cas positif.
From Time • Oct. 23, 2014
Dieu est le superlatif, dont le positif est lhomme, says Carl Vogt; meaning, that the popular idea of a numen is that of a magnified and non-natural man.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
C'est là également que notre entendement a donné les plus grandes preuves de sa force, parce que les ideés qu'il y considère sont du plus haut degré d'abstraction possible dans l'ordre positif.
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Cette règle fait désormais partie du droit positif.
From The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
Mademoiselle, who prided herself on possessing "un esprit positif," and on entertaining a decided preference for dry studies, kept her young cousin to the same as closely as she could.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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