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Definition of Remissive
1. a. Remitting; forgiving; abating.
Definition of Remissive
1. Adjective. Remitting; forgiving; abating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Remissive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remissive
Literary usage of Remissive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytic Elocution: Containing Studies, Theoretical and Practical, of by James Edward Murdoch (1884)
"The Triple Measure, which consists of three syllables, the remissive ...
consisting of four syllables, the remissive action being divided between three of ..."
2. Diseases of the Intestines: Their Special Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by John Conrad Hemmeter (1902)
"The onset is more abrupt than in appendicitis, and the pain is remissive in ...
Onset is more abrupt, pain of severer type, remissive in character, ..."
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