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dormative

dormative is the alternative spelling of dormitive.

Meaning of dormitive

Adjective

dormitive (comparative more dormitive, superlative most dormitive)

  1. Causing sleep.
    • But "imitation" throws no light upon why they so act; it repeats the fact as an explanation of itself. It is an explanation of the same order as the famous saying that opium puts men to sleep because of its dormitive power.1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education

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Forms of dormative

comparativemore dormative
superlativemost dormative

Questions about dormative

What is dormative the alternative spelling of?
Dormative is the alternative spelling of dormitive.

Words near dormative in the dictionary

  1. dormant windows
  2. dormantly
  3. dormantories
  4. dormantory
  5. dormants
  6. dormative
  7. dormaunt
  8. dormcest
  9. dormed
  10. dormer
  11. dormer window

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