Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
ivy . - noun See
ivy . - noun A termination of Latin origin, forming adjectives from verbs, meaning ‘doing’ so and so, or ‘serving to do’ so and so, or otherwise noting an adjective status, as in
active , acting, passive, suffering, demonstrative, serving to show, formative, serving to form, purgative, serving to purge, adoptive, collective, festive, furtive, native, infinitive, relative, etc. Many such adjectives are also used as nouns, as in some of the examples cited.
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Examples
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IIRC, the "no significant - ive or +ive impact on innovation" applies only to the software industry per se (responsible for only 5% of all software patents) - and only so far.
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Science It was heard that time and matter has born at the moment of big bang around 15 billion years ago, is there time existing before this moment of big bang explotion? or is it a zero point to count the time - ive to left of the time line and +ive to right?
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Beans: 233 hopefully from the title ive roped in some views ...
Ubuntu Forums ja660k 2010
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Beans: 233 hopefully from the title ive roped in some views ...
Ubuntu Forums ja660k 2010
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Yes | No | Report from mattreney wrote 32 weeks 6 hours ago yeah seems like the .223 is a pretty versitle cartridge but then again ive never shot any of the guns you listed
It looks like I will order the ER Shaw rifle soon. Can't decide between 223, 22-250 or 243. 2009
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Yes | No | Report from mattreney wrote 32 weeks 6 hours ago yeah seems like the .223 is a pretty versitle cartridge but then again ive never shot any of the guns you listed
It looks like I will order the ER Shaw rifle soon. Can't decide between 223, 22-250 or 243. 2009
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Eventually another hour later we finally arrived at a ski resort with a name ive now forgotten, although it did mention something along the lines of 'Grande'.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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i for one don't seem to have them sometimes i lose my temper. but this term ive only heard used for autistics. is it called something else when it happens to an nt? like a tantrum, outburst e.t.c. Privacy Policy
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i for one don't seem to have them sometimes i lose my temper. but this term ive only heard used for autistics. is it called something else when it happens to an nt? like a tantrum, outburst e.t.c. for autistics?
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i hope i win ive got no cash at all please pick mine
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