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reversive en · ADJ

Etymology

From reverse + -ive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Designating the reversion of an action.
    • The reversive suffix only occurs with quite a small number of verbs that all denote an action of placing an object in a certain position, which is inherently reversible[…] 2000, Maria Soukka, A descriptive grammar of Noon: a Cangin language of Senegal:

Deriveds

reversively