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retractive

[ri-trak-tiv]

adjective

  1. tending or serving to retract.



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Other Word Forms

  • retractively adverb
  • retractiveness noun
  • unretractive adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of retractive1

1350–1400; Middle English retractif < Old French; retract 1, -ive

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