aggregative
aggregative adjective: by, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
Adjective
aggregative (comparative more aggregative, superlative most aggregative)
- By, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
- Aggregative Pills, or Pills that have many Virtues, in Latin, pillulae aggregativae sive polychrestae1694, John Pechey, The London Dispensatory, London: J. Lawrence, page 73
- The reason why heat is necessary to the oxidation of most metals is, because by diminishing the aggregative force by which the integrant parts of those bodies adhere together, it increases in the same proportion their force of affinity or combination;1790, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, translated by William Nicholson, Elements of Natural History and Chemistry, London: C. Elliot and T. Kay, Volume 2, Chapter 4, § 5, p. 174
- Synonyms:
- aggregational
aggregative meaning in Tamil
aggregative in Tamil
- சேர்ந்து திரளும் இயல்புடைய
Examples of aggregative in a sentence
- […] the imitative power, voluntary and automatic; the imagination, or shaping and modifying power; the fancy, or the aggregative and associative power; […]1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Soul and its Organs of Sense”, in Omniana, volume 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
- I reckon I might have been too aggregative in my tabulation.1909, O. Henry, “Two Renegades”, in Roads of Destiny, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, page 386:
- Utilitarianism is essentially an aggregative morality.2004, Richard Norman, chapter 4, in On Humanism, Abingdon: Routledge, published 2012, page 107:
Synonyms of aggregative
Forms of aggregative
| comparative | more aggregative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aggregative |
Origin of aggregative
From aggregate + -ive.
Words formed from aggregative
Questions about aggregative
- What does aggregative mean?
- Aggregative means by, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
- What is aggregative in Tamil?
- Aggregative in Tamil is சேர்ந்து திரளும் இயல்புடைய. See Aggregative meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use aggregative in a sentence?
- […] the imitative power, voluntary and automatic; the imagination, or shaping and modifying power; the fancy, or the aggregative and associative power; […]
- What part of speech is aggregative?
- Aggregative is an adjective.
Words near aggregative in the dictionary
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