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continuative

continuative adjective: of or pertaining to continuation.

Adjective

continuative

  1. Of or pertaining to continuation.
  2. Durative.

Noun

continuative (plural continuatives)

  1. Something that causes a continuation.
  2. A durative.
    • But it would be absurd to say, "Franklin was a philosopher because Henry was an orator." And is a copulative ; because, a continuative.1855, William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar

Forms of continuative

pluralcontinuatives

Origin of continuative

By surface analysis, continue + -ative.

Words formed from continuative

Questions about continuative

What does continuative mean?
Continuative means of or pertaining to continuation.
What part of speech is continuative?
Continuative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near continuative in the dictionary

  1. continuational
  2. continuationism
  3. continuationist
  4. continuationists
  5. continuations
  6. continuative
  7. continuatively
  8. continuativeness
  9. continuatives
  10. continuator
  11. continuators

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