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AffirmativeAffirmative Af*firm"a*tive, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F.
affirmatif.]
1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common
law.
2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory
of what exists; answering ``yes' to a question; --
opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an
affirmative vote.
3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor.
Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of
Crito. --Berkeley.
4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a
proposition.
5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are
to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to
be subtracted. AffirmativelyAffirmatively Af*firm"a*tive*ly, adv.
In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a
question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively. Afformative
Afformative Af*form"a*tive, n.
An affix.
Amalgamative
Amalgamative A*mal"ga*ma*tive, a.
Characterized by amalgamation.
Amative
Amative Am"a*tive, a. [L. amatus, p. p. of amare to love.]
Full of love; amatory.
Amativeness
Amativeness Am"a*tive*ness, n. (Phren.)
The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity
to love. --Combe.
Animative
Animative An"i*ma*tive, a.
Having the power of giving life or spirit. --Johnson.
ConfirmativeConfirmative Con*firm"a*tive, a. [L. confirmativus: cf. F.
confirmatif.]
Tending to confirm or establish. --Sherwood. --
Con*firm"a*tive*ly, adv. ConfirmativelyConfirmative Con*firm"a*tive, a. [L. confirmativus: cf. F.
confirmatif.]
Tending to confirm or establish. --Sherwood. --
Con*firm"a*tive*ly, adv. Consummative
Consummative Con*sum"ma*tive, a.
Serving to consummate; completing. ``The final, the
consummative procedure of philosophy.' --Sir W. Hamilton.
Desquamative
Desquamative De*squam"a*tive, Desquamatory De*squam"a*to*ry,
a.
Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.
Estimative
Estimative Es"ti*ma*tive, a. [Cf. F. estimatif.]
1. Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of
being used in, estimating.
We find in animals an estimative or judicial
faculty. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Pertaining to an estimate. [R.]
ExclamativeExclamative Ex*clam"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. exclamatif.]
Exclamatory. --Earle. -- Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv. ExclamativelyExclamative Ex*clam"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. exclamatif.]
Exclamatory. --Earle. -- Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv. Formative
Formative Form"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
(a) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part
of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a
word.
(b) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage,
as from a root.
Formative
Formative Form"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. formatif.]
1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as,
the formative arts.
The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by
any formative residing in the soil. --Bentley.
2. (Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a
termination merely formative.
3. (Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as,
living or formative matter.
Infirmative
Infirmative In*firm"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. infirmatif.]
Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. [Obs.]
Inflammative
Inflammative In*flam"ma*tive, a.
Inflammatory.
Informative
Informative In*form"a*tive, a.
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. --Dr. H. More.
Preformative
Preformative Pre*form"a*tive, n.
A formative letter at the beginning of a word. --M. Stuart.
Reformative
Reformative Re*form"a*tive (r?*f?rm"?*t?v), a.
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form;
reformatory. --Good.
Transformative
Transformative Trans*form"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. transformatif.]
Having power, or a tendency, to transform.
Vasoformative
Vasoformative Vas`o*form"a*tive, a. [L. vas a vessel +
formative] (Physiol.)
Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels
and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.
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