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dedicative

dedicative adjective: relating to dedication.

Adjective

dedicative (comparative more dedicative, superlative most dedicative)

  1. Relating to dedication.
    • a dedicative inscription
    • the dedicative force of the marriage vow
    Synonyms:
    dedicatory

Synonyms of dedicative

Forms of dedicative

comparativemore dedicative
superlativemost dedicative

Origin of dedicative

From dedicate + -ive.

Questions about dedicative

What does dedicative mean?
Dedicative means relating to dedication.
What part of speech is dedicative?
Dedicative is an adjective.

Words near dedicative in the dictionary

  1. dedicateth
  2. dedicating
  3. dedication
  4. dedicational
  5. dedications
  6. dedicative
  7. dedicator
  8. dedicatorial
  9. dedicatorie
  10. dedicatories
  11. dedicatorily

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