About The Word Privative
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Privative
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What's The Definition Of Privative?Synonyms | Synonyms for Privative: Related Terms | Find terms related to Privative: See Also | Privative In Webster's Dictionary \Priv"a*tive\, a. [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See
{Private}.]
1. Causing privation; depriving.
2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive;
negative.
Privative blessings, blessings of immunity,
safeguard, liberty, and integrity. --Jer. Taylor.
3. (Gram.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative
force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles;
-- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. ?),
un-, non-, -less.
\Priv"a*tive\, n. 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. --Bacon. 2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also {privative term}. 3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See {Privative}, a., 3. |
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