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Webster 1913 Edition


Abditive

Ab′di-tive

,
Adj.
[L.
abditivus
, fr.
abdere
to hide.]
Having the quality of hiding.
[R.]
Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abditive

AB'DITIVE

,
Adj.
[L. abdo, to hide; ab and do.] Having the power or quality of hiding. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


abditive

abditive

English

Adjective

abditive (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having the quality of hiding
    • 1789, Philip Withers, Alfred's Apology, page 51:
      There is also a species of wit which may be termed abditive; for it conceals or lessens the dignity attached to rank or character.
    • 1882, Edmund R. Clay, The alternative: a study in psychology, page 229:
      Concepts are either abditive or inabditive; the former being those that do, and the latter those that do not, hide the plurality of the kind they symbolise.
    • 2004, Michael Sheehan, Words to Wise, page 207:
      The abditive nature of the heavy foliage protected the nest.

Latin

Adjective

abditīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of abditīvus