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Webster 1913 Edition


Redditive

Red′di--tive

(r?d′d?-t?v)
,
Adj.
[L.
redditivus
.]
(Gram.)
Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply;
as,
redditive
words
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Redditive

RED'DITIVE

,
Adj.
[L. redditivus, from reddo.]
Returning; answering to an interrogative; a term of grammar.

Definition 2024


redditive

redditive

English

Adjective

redditive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Answering to an interrogative or enquiry; conveying a reply.

Etymology 2

Latin redditivum.

Noun

redditive (plural redditives)

  1. (grammar) A word which answers an interrogative.
    Shorter Examples; Or, Second Book of English Examples, to be Rendered Into Latin – Adapted to the Use of the Lower Class, Eton, printed by E. Williams, 1826, p.30
    AN Interrogative and its Redditive (i. e. the Word which answers it) shall be of the same Case and Tense[.]
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