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fotive

/ˈfəʊtɪv/

fotive adjective: nourishing.

Adjective

fotive (comparative more fotive, superlative most fotive)

  1. (obsolete) nourishing
    • barren seeds
      That drop from heaven, if I not cherish them
      With my distilling dews, and fotive heat1633, Thomas Carew, Coelum Britanicum

Forms of fotive

comparativemore fotive
superlativemost fotive

Origin of fotive

From Latin fovere, fotum (“to keep warm, to cherish”).

Questions about fotive

What does fotive mean?
Fotive means nourishing.
What part of speech is fotive?
Fotive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fotive?
Fotive is pronounced /ˈfəʊtɪv/.

Words near fotive in the dictionary

  1. Foths
  2. Foti
  3. fotiaoqiang
  4. Fotini
  5. Fotis
  6. fotive
  7. fotmael
  8. fotmaels
  9. fotmal
  10. fotmals
  11. fotneth

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