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exoactive

exoactive adjective: being or relating to a kind of verb whose action is directed outward from the subject.

Adjective

exoactive (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a kind of verb whose action is directed outward from the subject.
    • 'Endoactive' is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262).2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 39

Antonyms of exoactive

Origin of exoactive

From exo- + active.

Questions about exoactive

What does exoactive mean?
Exoactive means being or relating to a kind of verb whose action is directed outward from the subject.
What part of speech is exoactive?
Exoactive is an adjective.

Words near exoactive in the dictionary

  1. exo-oceans
  2. exo-planet
  3. exo-planets
  4. exo-steric
  5. exo-Venus
  6. exoactive
  7. exoactivity
  8. exoamylase
  9. exoamylases
  10. exoamylasic
  11. exoanthropic

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