abdicative

abdicative

English

Etymology 1

    From abdicate + -ive.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈæb.dəˌkə.tɪv/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    abdicative (comparative more abdicative, superlative most abdicative)

    1. (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    From Latin abdicativus.

    Noun

    abdicative (plural abdicatives)

    1. (logic) A reasoning from the negative
      • 1987, David Londey, The Logic of Apuleius:
        The fourth mood is that which brings together directly a particular abdicative from a particular dedicative and a universal abdicative, e.g., Some just thing is honourable, no honourable thing is base, therefore some just thing is not base.

    French

    Adjective

    abdicative

    1. feminine singular of abdicatif

    Interlingua

    Etymology

    From abdicar +‎ -ative.

    Adjective

    abdicative (comparative plus abdicative, superlative le plus abdicative)

    1. abdicative (causing, or implying, abdication)

    References

    • Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

    Latin

    Etymology 1

      From abdicatīvus (negative) + .

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      abdicātīvē (not comparable)

      1. negatively

      Etymology 2

      Adjective

      abdicātīve

      1. vocative masculine singular of abdicātīvus

      References

      • abdicative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • abdicative”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.