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caritive

caritive adjective: of or relating to the caritive case.

Adjective

caritive (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the caritive case.
  2. Of words or endings that express a lack of something, for example English homeless/-less or unsalted/un-, Finnish koditon, suolaton, -ton.

Origin of caritive

From Latin careo (“I lack, am without”).

Phrases with caritive

Questions about caritive

What does caritive mean?
Caritive means of or relating to the caritive case.
What part of speech is caritive?
Caritive is an adjective.

Words near caritive in the dictionary

  1. caristiids
  2. caritative
  3. carite
  4. Carithers
  5. Caritherses
  6. caritive
  7. caritive case
  8. caritive cases
  9. caritoxin
  10. caritoxins
  11. Carius

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