vetitive

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English

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Etymology

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veto +‎ -ive.

Adjective

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vetitive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Expressing a wish that something will not happen, as in "May we never experience such hardship".

Noun

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vetitive (plural vetitives)

  1. (grammar) An element of language expressing a wish that something will not happen.
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