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sective

sective adjective: sectile; capable of being cut.

Adjective

sective (comparative more sective, superlative most sective)

  1. (obsolete) sectile; capable of being cut.
    • And to shut up the number'd threads of a sective leek1829, Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, Martin Madan, A new and literal translation of Juvenal and Persius

Forms of sective

comparativemore sective
superlativemost sective

Questions about sective

What does sective mean?
Sective means sectile; capable of being cut.
What part of speech is sective?
Sective is an adjective.

Words near sective in the dictionary

  1. sectisms
  2. sectist
  3. sectists
  4. sectiuncle
  5. sectiuncles
  6. sective
  7. sector
  8. sector principle
  9. sectoral
  10. sectorally
  11. sectorectomies

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