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petitive

petitive adjective: indicating desire.

Adjective

petitive (not comparable)

  1. Indicating desire.
    • Among the general petitive structures we may mention the following: […]2000, James A. Matisoff, Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears, page 23

Questions about petitive

What does petitive mean?
Petitive means indicating desire.
What part of speech is petitive?
Petitive is an adjective.

Words near petitive in the dictionary

  1. petitionist
  2. petitionists
  3. petitions
  4. petitions of right
  5. petitios
  6. petitive
  7. Petitjean
  8. petitjeanite
  9. Petitjeans
  10. Petito
  11. petitor

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