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Definition of Completive
1. a. Making complete.
Definition of Completive
1. Adjective. Making complete. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Completive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Completive
Literary usage of Completive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"completive: S'-fid- (-fit-); since f is from underlying p, verbs whose S2 stem
ends in -py- ... The desiderative of the completive, in its song occurrences, ..."
2. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of The Essay on the by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"... to exult, to be in a state of exaltation, delight, excitement; prefixed by
the completive adjunct ge. Johnson says the term is of uncertain etymology, ..."
3. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry: 150 B.C.-Pre-Fifth/Sixth by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"Hence the following classification, based on the past/completive marker they take
and their morphophonemic behavior.4 Type (a): Stems ending with a ..."
4. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, Terms & Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"... to exult, to be in a state of exaltation, delight, excitement; prefixed by
the completive adjunct ge. Johnson says the term is of uncertain etymology, ..."
5. Panjabi Grammar: With Exercises and Vocabulary by E. P. Newton (1898)
"completive compounds are formed by adding to a conjunctive participle in its
short form, the verb Bcl^T) 'to finish,' or g^T, 'to depart,' 'to cease. ..."
6. How to Learn Hindustani: A Guide to the Lower and Higher Standard by Francis Robert Henry Chapman (1907)
"His son has smashed three plat XThe cat drank up the milk. EXERCISE 13. Potential and
completive Verbs. Note. — Potentials are formed by adding the Root of ..."
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