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Webster 1913 Edition


Invasive

In-va′sive

,
Adj.
[LL.
invasivus
: cf. F.
invasif
. See
Invade
.]
1.
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
Invasive war.”
Hoole.

Webster 1828 Edition


Invasive

INVA'SIVE

,
Adj.
[from invade.] Entering on another's possessions with hostile designs; aggressive.

Definition 2024


invasive

invasive

English

Adjective

invasive (comparative more invasive, superlative most invasive)

  1. That invades a foreign country using military force.
  2. (of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemes, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
  3. (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) That invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
  4. Intrusive on one's privacy.

Translations

Derived terms

Noun

invasive (plural invasives)

  1. An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.

French

Adjective

invasive

  1. feminine of invasif

German

Adjective

invasive

  1. inflected form of invasiv

Italian

Adjective

invasive f pl

  1. feminine plural of invasivo