Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or inclined toward love, especially sexual love; amorous.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of love; amorous; amatory; disposed or disposing to love.

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

  • adjective Full of love; amatory.

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

  • adjective Pertaining to love; amorous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective inclined toward or displaying love

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin amātīvus, capable of love, from amātus, past participle of Latin amāre, to love.]

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From Medieval Latin amātīvus, from Latin amātus, perfect passive participle of amō ("love").

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  • I used to re-read your letters for hours

    hoping to decode some amative message...

    - Peter Reading, A Mon Sevl Desir, from The Prison Cell & Barrel Mystery, 1976

    June 23, 2008

  • Affection enables a man to live

    He must be engaged and amative.

    No one's more forlorn

    Than he who must scorn-

    The fellow without a damn to give.

    March 5, 2016