abdicative

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English

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Etymology 1

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From abdicate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈæb.dəˌkə.tɪv/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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abdicative (comparative more abdicative, superlative most abdicative)

  1. (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
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Etymology 2

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From Latin abdicativus.

Noun

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abdicative (plural abdicatives)

  1. (logic) A reasoning from the negative
    • 1987, David Londey, The Logic of Apuleius:
      The fourth mood is that which brings together directly a particular abdicative from a particular dedicative and a universal abdicative, e.g., Some just thing is honourable, no honourable thing is base, therefore some just thing is not base.

French

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Adjective

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abdicative

  1. feminine singular of abdicatif

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From abdicatīvus (negative) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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abdicātīvē (not comparable)

  1. negatively

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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abdicātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of abdicātīvus

References

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  • abdicative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abdicative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.