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sensive

sensive adjective: having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.

Adjective

sensive (comparative more sensive, superlative most sensive)

  1. (obsolete) Having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.
    • shall sensive things be so sencelesse as to resist sence?a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...

Forms of sensive

comparativemore sensive
superlativemost sensive

Origin of sensive

From sense + -ive?

Questions about sensive

What does sensive mean?
Sensive means having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.
What part of speech is sensive?
Sensive is an adjective.

Words near sensive in the dictionary

  1. sensitometric
  2. sensitometrically
  3. sensitometries
  4. sensitometry
  5. sensitory
  6. sensive
  7. sensivity
  8. Sensmier
  9. senso lato
  10. senso stricto
  11. sensoaesthetic

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