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Webster 1913 Edition
Translative
Trans-lat′ive
,Adj.
[L.
translativus
that is to be transferred: cf. F. translatif
.] tropical; figurative;
as, a
. translative
sense[R.]
Puttenham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Translative
TRANSLA'TIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
translative
translative
English
Adjective
translative (comparative more translative, superlative most translative)
- of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another
- of, or relating to the translation of language
- (linguistics) of, or relating to the translative case
- In the form of a trope; figurative.
- a translative sense
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Noun
translative (plural translatives)
- the translative case
- a word in the translative case
Translations
translative case — see translative case