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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)

(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

vocative masculine singular of abditīvus