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expective

expective adjective: expectative.

Adjective

expective (comparative more expective, superlative most expective)

  1. expectative
    • This expective treatment is followed for two or even three hours before the placenta is expressed by manual interference1895, The Hahnemannian Monthly
  2. A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.

Forms of expective

comparativemore expective
superlativemost expective

Origin of expective

From expect + -ive.

Questions about expective

What does expective mean?
Expective means expectative.
What part of speech is expective?
Expective is an adjective.

Words near expective in the dictionary

  1. expectingly
  2. expectingness
  3. expectings
  4. expection
  5. expections
  6. expective
  7. expectorant
  8. expectorants
  9. expectorate
  10. expectorated
  11. expectorates

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