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semblative

semblative adjective: resembling.

Adjective

semblative (comparative more semblative, superlative most semblative)

  1. (obsolete) Resembling.
    • For they ſhall yet belye thy happy yeeres,
      That ſay thou art a man: Dianas lip
      Is not more ſmooth, and rubious: thy ſmall pipe
      Is as the maidens organ, ſhrill, and ſound,
      And all is ſemblatiue a womans part.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Noun

semblative (plural semblatives)

  1. A grammatical case that denotes the similarity of one entity to another.

Forms of semblative

Adjective
comparativemore semblative
superlativemost semblative
Noun
pluralsemblatives

Questions about semblative

What does semblative mean?
Semblative means resembling.
What part of speech is semblative?
Semblative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near semblative in the dictionary

  1. semblances
  2. semblancies
  3. semblancy
  4. semblant
  5. semblants
  6. semblative
  7. semblatives
  8. semblaunce
  9. semblaunces
  10. semblaunt
  11. semblaunts

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