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forgetive

forgetive adjective: inventive; productive; capable.

Adjective

forgetive (comparative more forgetive, superlative most forgetive)

  1. (obsolete) inventive; productive; capable
    • A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

Forms of forgetive

comparativemore forgetive
superlativemost forgetive

Origin of forgetive

From forge (“to make”).

Questions about forgetive

What does forgetive mean?
Forgetive means inventive; productive; capable.
What part of speech is forgetive?
Forgetive is an adjective.

Words near forgetive in the dictionary

  1. forgetfull
  2. forgetfully
  3. forgetfulness
  4. forgetfulnesses
  5. forgeth
  6. forgetive
  7. forgetness
  8. forgets
  9. forgets about
  10. forgets one's manners
  11. forgets oneself

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