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Webster 1913 Edition


Vegetive

Veg′e-tive

,
Adj.
[See
Vegetate
, and
Vegetative
.]
Having the nature of a plant; vegetable;
as,
vegetive
life
.
[R.]
Tusser.

Veg′e-tive

,
Noun.
A vegetable.
[Obs.]
The blest infusions
That dwell in
vegetives
, in metals, stones.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Vegetive

VEG'ETIVE

,
Adj.
[L. vegeto, vigeo.] Vegetable; having the nature of plants; as vegetive life. [Little used.]

VEG'ETIVE

,
Noun.
a vegetable. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


vegetive

vegetive

English

Adjective

vegetive (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) vegetable

Noun

vegetive (plural vegetives)

  1. (obsolete) vegetable
    Hence vegetives receive their fragrant birth, / And clothe the naked bosom of the earth. Sandys.