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sative

/ˈseɪtɪv/

sative adjective: sown or planted; propagated by seed, shoot, or root; cultivated, not wild.

Adjective

sative (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Sown or planted; propagated by seed, shoot, or root; cultivated, not wild.
    • Tabacco… Translated out of India in the seed or roote; Natiue or satiue in our own fruitfullest soiles.1599, Henry Buttes, Dyets Drie Dinner, P4b
    • These [trees] we shall divide into the greater and more ceduous…and such as are sative and hortensial.1664, John Evelyn, Sylva; or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty’s Dominions, 3rd edition, published 1679, page 2

Forms of sative

alternative formsatiue

Origin of sative

From Latin satīvus (“that may be sown or planted”).

Words that rhyme with sative

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Questions about sative

What does sative mean?
Sative means sown or planted; propagated by seed, shoot, or root; cultivated, not wild.
What part of speech is sative?
Sative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sative?
Sative is pronounced /ˈseɪtɪv/.

Words near sative in the dictionary

  1. Satista
  2. Satit
  3. satiue
  4. sativa
  5. sativanone
  6. sative
  7. sativoside
  8. Satkhira District
  9. Satlej
  10. satlink
  11. satlinks

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