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Definition of Durative

1. Noun. The aspect of a verb that expresses its duration.

Definition of Durative

1. a. Continuing; not completed; implying duration.

Definition of Durative

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to duration. ¹

2. Adjective. long-lasting ¹

3. Adjective. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative ¹

4. Noun. (linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; A continuative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Durative

1. a type of verb [n -S] - See also: verb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Durative

Literary usage of Durative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1892)
"GRAMMATICAL SKETCHES : SLAVONIC. ; unprefixed verbs there are two forms, a perfective and a )ra durative and an iterative ; of others there are three ..."

2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"VII.8.5. kw'ij-, kw'id- 'to carry (corpse), wear (bell)' (DED 1788). As an auxiliary it denotes continuous, durative, ..."

3. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Gradually the durative idea overshadowed the perfective meaning, so that these ... In the North, on the other hand, the strong durative force which these ..."

4. Economics by Frank Albert Fetter (1915)
"Indirect uses, consumptive and durative. We turn now to illustrations of indirect ... A dynamo producing electricity is yielding a present durative use and ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In this system a clear distinction is drawn in nearly all verbs between those which express a process (durative verbs) and those which express a completed ..."

6. A Grammar of New Testament Greek by James Hope Moulton (1906)
"In Greek the present stem is regularly durative, " to hold," while ea-^ov ... in Eom 5 \ The durative present can only mean " let us enjoy the possession of ..."

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