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verdictive

verdictive adjective: having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.

Adjective

verdictive (comparative more verdictive, superlative most verdictive)

  1. Having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.

Noun

verdictive (plural verdictives)

  1. A speech act whereby a judgment is issued.
    • Verdictives consist in the delivering of a finding, official or unofficial, upon evidence or reasons as to value or fact […]1962, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words, Oxford University Press, published 1965, page 152

Forms of verdictive

Adjective
comparativemore verdictive
superlativemost verdictive
Noun
pluralverdictives

Origin of verdictive

From verdict + -ive.

Questions about verdictive

What does verdictive mean?
Verdictive means having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.
What part of speech is verdictive?
Verdictive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near verdictive in the dictionary

  1. Verdet constant
  2. Verdet constants
  3. Verdi
  4. Verdian
  5. verdict
  6. verdictive
  7. verdictives
  8. verdictless
  9. verdicts
  10. Verdier
  11. Verdiers

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