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Definition of Essive
1. Adjective. (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Essive
1. a grammatical case denoting a state of being [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Essive
Literary usage of Essive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Finnish Grammar by Charles Eliot (1890)
"No. 9. M3 3rd sing, imperf. of matoa, to creep. 300 essive sing, of ... M1 essive
of kyinen (stem se) adj. from kyy, a viper. 302 essive of ..."
2. Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution by Thomas Paine (1856)
"... essive thousand. The following table shows the amount of the in every thousand
separately, and in the last column, the total nt of all the separate sums ..."
3. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1897)
"Some gave <M essive variation of arc length with moderate variations of potential
at the arc, while others gave ..."
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