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Webster 1913 Edition


-ive

-ive

s
uff.
[L.
-ivus
.]
An adjective suffix signifying
relating
or
belonging to
,
of the nature of
,
tending to
;
as, affirmat
ive
, act
ive
, conclus
ive
, correct
ive
, diminut
ive
.

Definition 2024


-ive

-ive

See also: ive, īve, and I've

English

Suffix

-ive

  1. An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

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References

  • -ive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • Miller, D. Gary (2006) Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English and Their Indo-European Ancestry, Oxford University Press, page 204

Latin

Suffix

-īve

  1. vocative masculine singular of -īvus