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abdicative

US/ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/

abdicative adjective: causing, or implying, abdication.

Adjective

abdicative (comparative more abdicative, superlative most abdicative)

  1. (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.

Noun

abdicative (plural abdicatives)

  1. A reasoning from the negative
    • The fourth mood is that which brings together directly a particular abdicative from a particular dedicative and a universal abdicative, e.g., Some just thing is honourable, no honourable thing is base, therefore some just thing is not base.1987, David Londey, The Logic of Apuleius

abdicative meaning in Bengali

abdicative in Bengali

সিংহাসন ত্যাগ করা, রাজপদ পরিত্যাগ করা, দায়িত্ব, কর্তব্য থেকে সরে আসা, দায়িত্ব অস্বীকার করা

Forms of abdicative

Adjective
comparativemore abdicative
superlativemost abdicative
Noun
pluralabdicatives

Origin of abdicative

From abdicate + -ive.

From Latin abdicativus.

Questions about abdicative

What does abdicative mean?
Abdicative means causing, or implying, abdication.
What is abdicative in Bengali?
Abdicative in Bengali is সিংহাসন ত্যাগ করা, রাজপদ পরিত্যাগ করা, দায়িত্ব. See Abdicative meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is abdicative?
Abdicative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce abdicative?
Abdicative is pronounced /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/ (US).

Words near abdicative in the dictionary

  1. abdicateth
  2. abdicating
  3. abdication
  4. abdicational
  5. abdications
  6. abdicative
  7. abdicatives
  8. abdicator
  9. abdicators
  10. Abdiel
  11. Abdinasir

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