About The Word Putative
Learn about the word Putative to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Putative definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Putative
| Putative Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Putative?Synonyms | Synonyms for Putative: Related Terms | Find terms related to Putative: See Also | Putative In Webster's Dictionary \Pu"ta*tive\, a. [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to
reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See {Pure}, and cf.
{Amputate}, {Compute}, {Dispute}, {Impute}.]
Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the
putative father of a child. ``His other putative (I dare not
say feigned) friends.'' --E. Hall.
Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or
pious, became customary, and then came for reverence
into a putative and usurped authority. --Jer. Taylor.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Enjoyableness ‐ pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed; "the…
- Play out ‐ become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out…
- Hexapoda ‐ insects; about five-sixths of all known…
- Giant bamboo ‐ immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms…
- Attention-getting ‐ likely to attract attention; "a catchy title for a movie" [adj]…
- Alytes obstetricans ‐ European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped…
- Jarringly ‐ in a manner that jars and irritates; "the piano was jarringly…
- Torricelli ‐ Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer…
- Keratodermia ‐ any skin disorder consisting of a growth that…
- Platy ‐ small stocky Mexican fish; popular…