Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A compound adjective termination of Latin origin, as in definitive, infinitive, fugitive. See -ite and -ive.

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Examples

  • And out of 200 words ending -itive, these are the only ones with pronunciation /-aɪtɪv/.

    Cognitive | Linguism | Language Blog 2010

  • Key operations have turned free-cash-flow pos itive, with units XL Axiata and Axiata Bangladesh Ltd. heading in the right direction.

    Axiata Draws Strength From Overseas Strategy 2010

  • April 3, 2008 at 4:47 am a seerious feline-y that kalls for pun-itive ackshun!

    Ma’am, the X-Ray Machine - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • What people call clair'voyance is in reality nothing more than acute intu-itive insight.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • That is not the same thing as being utterly pos-itive.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • 'And you taste of champagne and woman'my woman,' Marco growled back, enjoying this new prim - itive role that allowed him the rare luxury to completely dominate.

    The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002

  • Those whose powers were less soon learned to avoid the use of magic almost entirely, so as not to seem in any way compet - itive with the Adepts.

    Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988

  • For their part, the more fragile and vulnerable physicians and processors survived and prospered and developed their brains under the protection afforded by more prim-itive types like the walls.

    Sentenced To Prism Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1985

  • Swimming was a talent reserved for prim-itive creatures with internal skeletons.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • But, ignorant of “true philosophy” and bon sens, prim - itive man personified natural causes; myth thus mirrors the weakness and poverty of the savage mind.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas BURTON FELDMAN 1968

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