'Elative' definitions:

Definition of 'Elative'

From: GCIDE
  • Elative \E*la"tive\, a. (Gram.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases. [1913 Webster]

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