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1. abstractī̆f adj.

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Gram. Of nouns: abstract (as opposed to concrete).

2. 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).

3. 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.

4. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: active
32 quotations in 4 senses
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Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication.

5. 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.

6. adversatī̆f adj.

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Gram. Of a conjunction: adversative.

7. antecēdent adj. & n.

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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.

8. certain adj.

194 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Specified, fixed, prescribed (time, place, amount, quantity); (b) fixed, determined (bounds, limit, measure); (c) definite, stipulated, binding (agreement, rule, etc.); determinate (cause); (d)…

9. commū̆n(e adj.

Additional spellings: commune
239 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) Owned or used jointly, shared; haven commun, own (sth.) jointly; commun to (til), shared by; (b) of characteristics, destiny, etc.: common (to all, etc.); haven commun with, have (sth.) in common…

10. comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

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

11. conjunctī̆f adj.

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(a) Gram. Subjunctive (mode); (b) producing cohesion, solidifying.

12. 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).

13. demonstrātīf adj. & n.

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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…

14. dēpōnent adj.

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Gram. Of Latin verbs: deponent.

15. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

16. disjunctīf adj.

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Gram. conjunccion disjunctif, a construction in which two singular subjects are said to be construed separately or disjunctively with a singular verb.

17. distribūtī̆f adj.

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(a) Spending or contributing freely; (b) gram. distributive or individualizing; --?also as noun.

18. dubie adj. & n.

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Gram. Of uncertain gender; as noun: the classification including certain nouns of doubtful gender.

19. 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.

20. frequentatif adj.

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Gram. frequentative; verbe frequentatif.