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continuative en · ADJ
Etymology
By surface analysis, continue + -ative.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to continuation.
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Durative.
Deriveds
continuatively · continuativeness
Translations (2)
it continuativo (pertaining to continuation) · pl ciągły (pertaining to continuation)
continuative en · NOUN
Etymology
By surface analysis, continue + -ative.
Meanings
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Something that causes a continuation.
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A durative.
But it would be absurd to say, "Franklin was a philosopher because Henry was an orator." And is a copulative ; because, a continuative.
1855, William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar:
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