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resolutive

resolutive adjective: serving to dissolve or relax.

Adjective

resolutive (comparative more resolutive, superlative most resolutive)

  1. Serving to dissolve or relax.
    • But for clearing further of the Point , distinction would be made of the Nature and Tenor of the Clause , which may either be suspensive or resolutive of the Property or Fee in the former case1681, James Dalrymple, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland […]

Forms of resolutive

comparativemore resolutive
superlativemost resolutive

Origin of resolutive

Compare French résolutif.

Questions about resolutive

What does resolutive mean?
Resolutive means serving to dissolve or relax.
What part of speech is resolutive?
Resolutive is an adjective.

Words near resolutive in the dictionary

  1. resolutioner
  2. resolutioners
  3. resolutionist
  4. resolutionists
  5. resolutions
  6. resolutive
  7. resolutively
  8. resolutivity
  9. resolutory
  10. resolv'd
  11. resolvability

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