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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
wordsWebster 1828 Edition
Redditive
RED'DITIVE
,Adj.
Returning; answering to an interrogative; a term of grammar.
Definition 2024
redditive
redditive
English
Adjective
redditive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Answering to an interrogative or enquiry; conveying a reply.
Etymology 2
Latin redditivum.
Noun
redditive (plural redditives)
- (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[.]
- 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
Translations
a word which answers an interrogative
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