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ligative

ligative adjective: serving to connect separate elements.

Adjective

ligative (not comparable)

  1. Serving to connect separate elements.

Origin of ligative

From ligate + -ive.

Questions about ligative

What does ligative mean?
Ligative means serving to connect separate elements.
What part of speech is ligative?
Ligative is an adjective.

Words near ligative in the dictionary

  1. ligated
  2. ligates
  3. ligating
  4. ligation
  5. ligations
  6. ligative
  7. ligator
  8. ligators
  9. ligatural
  10. ligature
  11. ligature point

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