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Abstersiveness
Abstersiveness Ab*ster"sive*ness, n. The quality of being abstersive. --Fuller.
Abusiveness
Abusiveness A*bu"sive*ness, n. The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. --Herbert.
Adhesiveness
Adhesiveness Ad*he"sive*ness, n. 1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union. 2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
Aggressiveness
Aggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
Allusiveness
Allusiveness Al*lu"sive*ness, n. The quality of being allusive.
Amusiveness
Amusive A*mu"sive (?; 277), a. Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth. [R.] -- A*mu"sive*ly, adv. -- A*mu"sive*ness, n.
Apprehensiveness
Apprehensiveness Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive.
Cohesiveness
Cohesive Co*he"sive, a. 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. -- Co*he"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n.
Collusiveness
Collusive Col*lu"sive, a. 1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. ``Collusive and sophistical arguings.' --J. Trapp. ``Collusive divorces.' --Strype. 2. Acting in collusion. ``Collusive parties.' --Burke. -- Col*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- Col*lu"sive*ness, n.
Comprehensiveness
Comprehensiveness Com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n. The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. --Addison.
Conclusiveness
Conclusiveness Con*clu"sive*ness, n. The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
Corrosiveness
Corrosive Cor*ro"sive, n. 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. --Dunglison. 2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. --Hooker. -- Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. -- Cor*ro"sive*ness, n.
Delusiveness
Delusive De*lu"sive, a. [See Delude.] Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.
Depressiveness
Depressive De*press"ive, a. Able or tending to depress or cast down. -- De*press"ive*ness, n.
Derisiveness
Derisive De*ri"sive, a. Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. ``Derisive taunts.' --Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.
Detersiveness
Detersiveness De*ter"sive*ness, n. The quality of cleansing.
Diffusiveness
Diffusiveness Dif*fu"sive*ness, n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity. The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness. --Addison.
Discursiveness
Discursive Dis*cur"sive, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.] 1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. ``Discursive notices.' --De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle. 2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
Dispersiveness
Dispersive Dis*pers"ive, a. Tending to disperse. Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.
Divisiveness
Divisive Di*vi"sive, a. [Cf. F. divisif.] 1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede. 2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference. It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity. --J. C. Shairp. -- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n. --Carlyle.
Effusiveness
Effusive Ef*fu"sive, a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. ``Washed with the effusive wave.' --Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.
Elusiveness
Elusive E*lu"sive, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. --Pope. -- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n.
Excessiveness
Excessive Ex*cess"ive, a. [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak. Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness, n.
Exclusiveness
Exclusiveness Ex*clu"sive*ness, n. Quality of being exclusive.
Excursiveness
Excursive Ex*cur"sive, a. Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy. The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I. Taylor. -- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness,, n.
Expansiveness
Expansive Ex*pan"sive, a. [Cf. F. expansif.] Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. --Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive. --Prescott. -- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n.
Expensiveness
Expensive Ex*pen"sive, a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. --Burke. 2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.] An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. --Sprat. The idle and expensive are dangerous. --Sir W. Temple. Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*pen"sive*ness, n.
Expressiveness
Expressive Ex*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. expressif.] 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. --Tickell. 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. --Shak. Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. --Littelton. -- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.
Extensiveness
Extensiveness Ex*ten"sive*ness, n. The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
Illusiveness
Illusiveness Il*lu"sive*ness, n. The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

Meaning of Sivene from wikipedia

- Chinese women of the title are Lisinga and her two friends, Tangia and Sivene. The only other character is Lisinga's brother Silango, who has just returned...
- and Saibai islands. Two South Sea Islander lay pastors named Josaia and Sivene were appointed to work as missionary teachers at Mt Cornwallis and Saibai...
- de un libreto de Metastasio). Marina Monzó (Lisinga), Cristina Toledo (Sivene), Marifé Nogales (Tangia), José Manuel Zapata (Silango). Dirección musical...
- a mission on the island. Two South Sea Islander lay pastors, Josaia and Sivene, were appointed to work as missionary teachers at Dauan and Saibai. LMS...
- Saibai by Nudai, the chief of Dauan. Two islander missionaries, Josaia and Sivene, were left at Saibai and Dauan. Further missionaries were left on Yorke...