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presentive

presentive adjective: denoting a conception or notion; depicting a tangible object.

Adjective

presentive (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Denoting a conception or notion; depicting a tangible object.
    • presentive words
  2. Introducing or asserting the existence or occurrence of something in the present.
    • How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries.1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue

Noun

presentive (plural presentives)

  1. A grammatical construct that introduces or asserts the existence or occurrence of something in the present.

Forms of presentive

pluralpresentives

Origin of presentive

From present + -ive.

Questions about presentive

What does presentive mean?
Presentive means denoting a conception or notion; depicting a tangible object.
What part of speech is presentive?
Presentive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near presentive in the dictionary

  1. presentisms
  2. presentist
  3. presentists
  4. presentities
  5. presentity
  6. presentive
  7. presentively
  8. presentiveness
  9. presentives
  10. presentless
  11. presently

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