'Privative' definitions:
Definition of 'Privative'
From: GCIDE
- Privative \Priv"a*tive\, a. [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See Private.]
- 1. Causing privation; depriving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. [1913 Webster]
- Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. ?), un-, non-, -less. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Privative'
From: GCIDE
- Privative \Priv"a*tive\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. [1913 Webster]
- Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Privative'
- In private,
- Private,
- Privateer,
- Privateered,
- Privateering,
- Privately,
- Privateness,
- Privation,
- Privatively,
- Privativeness,
- privates,
- privatization,
- privatize,
- Private act,
- Private nuisance,
- Private soldier,
- Private statute,
- Private way,
- Privateer, SC,
- alpha privative,
- buck private,
- private citizen,
- private corporation,
- private corporations,
- private detective,
- private enterprise,
- private eye,
- private foundation,
- private instructor,
- private investigator,
- private law,
- private line,
- private parts,
- private practice,
- private property,
- private road,
- private school,
- private treaty,
- privative term,
- Private international law,
- private security force,
- private-enterprise,
- privately held corporation