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antessive

antessive adjective: indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.

Adjective

antessive (not comparable)

  1. Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
    • An antessive case is found in some Dravidian languages.

Origin of antessive

From ante- + essive.

Phrases with antessive

Words that rhyme with antessive

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Questions about antessive

What does antessive mean?
Antessive means indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
What part of speech is antessive?
Antessive is an adjective.

Words near antessive in the dictionary

  1. antes-up
  2. antescript
  3. antescripts
  4. antescutal
  5. antesepalous
  6. antessive
  7. antessive case
  8. antessive cases
  9. antesternal
  10. antestomach
  11. antestomachs

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