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958 words match “NATIVE”

DOMINATIVE a.
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
DONATIVE n. 3 definitions
A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives." Dryden.
ELIMINATIVE a.
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
EMANATIVE a.
Issuing forth; effluent.
EMANATIVELY adv.
By an emanation.
EXPLANATIVE a.
Explanatory.
FINATIVE a.
Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. [Obs.] Greene (1593).
GERMINATIVE a.
Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal.
GLUTINATIVE a.
Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
GUBERNATIVE a.
Governing. [Obs.]
ILLUMINATIVE a.
Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. "Illuminative reading." Carlyle.
IMAGINATIVE a. 3 definitions
nation, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitues an important element. Mure.
INCARNATIVE a. 2 definitions
An incarnative medicine.
INDISCRIMINATIVE a.
Making no distinction; not discriminating.
INNATIVE a.
Native. [Obs.] Chapman.
NOMINATIVE a. 2 definitions
The nominative case.
NOMINATIVELY adv.
In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
OPINATIVE a.
Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [Obs.] -- O*pin"a*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Burton. Sir T. More.
OPINIONATIVE a. 2 definitions
Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.] "Things both opinionative and practical." Bunyan. -- O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly, adv. -- O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness, n.
ORDINATIVE a.
Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. [R.] Gauden.
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