Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Expressing denial or negation; negative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Negative, negating.
  • adverb military No.

Etymologies

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From Latin negatorius

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