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Definition of Deletive
1. a. Adapted to destroy or obliterate.
Definition of Deletive
1. Adjective. Tending to delete or obliterate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deletive
1. acting to delete [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deletive
Literary usage of Deletive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ten Nequdoth of the Torah: Or, The Meaning and Purpose of the by Romain François Butin, Shemaryahu Talmon (1906)
"... as deletive signs. In any case it is needless to remark that the Zohar is of
late origin,1 and may have been influenced by the methods of the Massorah ..."
2. The works of Thomas Goodwin by Thomas Goodwin (1866)
"115. Of sin depends on the will of God, hatred of it on his nature, v. 15.
Is not deletive of sin, v. 79 ; does not stand for obedience, 86. ..."
3. Twelve Thousand Words Often Mispronounced by William Henry Pinkney Phyfe (1908)
"... deletive—deT-g-tiv. The Standard Dictionary says de-le'-tIv.
delicatessen—del-l-ka-tgs'-sgn. ..."
4. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"(deputy; representativ) 'deh-get. delete v. (destroy ; blot out) di'hit.
deleterious adj. (hurtful; noxious) deh'ti:-zi-as. deletive adj. ..."
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