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vetative

vetative is the alternative form of vetitive.

Meaning of vetitive

Adjective

vetitive (not comparable)

  1. Expressing a wish that something will not happen, as in "May we never experience such hardship".

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Forms of vetative

pluralvetatives

Origin of vetative

From Ecclesiastical Latin vetātīvus (“prohibitive”). By surface analysis, veto + -ive.

Questions about vetative

What is vetative the alternative form of?
Vetative is the alternative form of vetitive.

Words near vetative in the dictionary

  1. Vet.
  2. Vet. App.
  3. veta
  4. vetala
  5. vetalas
  6. vetative
  7. vetatives
  8. vetch
  9. vetches
  10. vetchling
  11. vetchlings

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