Dictionary

presentive en · ADJ

Etymology

From present + -ive.

Meanings

1. (archaic, not-comparable) Denoting a conception or notion; depicting a tangible object.
   • presentive words
2. (not-comparable) Introducing or asserting the existence or occurrence of something in the present.
   • How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

Relateds

presentively · presentiveness

presentive en · NOUN

Etymology

From present + -ive.

Meanings

1. A grammatical construct that introduces or asserts the existence or occurrence of something in the present.

Forms