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1. ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n.

Additional spellings: accusatif
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Accusing, self-accusing [note the play on the word cas in GRom.]; (b) gram. accustif (cas).

2. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. as n.

Additional spellings: active
11 quotations in 4 senses
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A person who is active in a cause.

3. adjectī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: adjective
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. (a) Adjectival; noun adjectif, an adjective; verb adjectif, a verbal noun or adjective; (b) as noun: adjective.

4. antecēdent adj. & n.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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Logic & ethics A prior assumption or principle, a premise; antecedent trouth; antecedent ded, a preceding act as causing a later act.

5. comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: comparative
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Comparative (degree); (b) second (degree of a fever); (c) without comparatif, without any superior, without equal.

6. dātī̆f, ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: ive
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Dative (case), the dative; (b) disposed to give, generous [with play on sense (a)]; (c) of an officer: appointed (i.e. not elected).

7. demonstrātīf adj. & n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Characterized by logical reasoning, logical; proceding from true premises, demonstrable, certain; -- as noun, personified; demonstratif conning, the science of logic; also, knowledge based on…

8. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

5 quotations in 2 senses
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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

9. dubie adj. & n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. Of uncertain gender; as noun: the classification including certain nouns of doubtful gender.

10. feminīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: feminine
28 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of sex: female; sex feminin; as noun: a female being, a woman; (b) fig. feminin fader, Father-Creator.

11. ǧenetī̆f adj. & n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. The genitive case; genetif case; (b) with punning reference to 'procreation' or 'genealogy'.

12. masculīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: masculine
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of sex: male; masculin gendre, male sex; of the male class or kind; as noun: a male; also, the male portion of a congregation; (b) of things thought to possess male functions or qualities: male…

13. neutre adj. & n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. Of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and participles: neuter in gender; of verbs or participles: having middle or reflexive meaning (neither active nor passive in meaning); as noun: neuter gender…

14. nōminātī̆f adj. & n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. Nominative; nominatif cas, the nominative case; as noun = nominatif cas.