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verdictive en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English verdict Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English verdictive From verdict + -ive.

Meanings

  1. Having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.

Forms

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more verdictive Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most verdictive Degree=Sup lexicographic

verdictive en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English verdict Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English verdictive From verdict + -ive.

Meanings

  1. A speech act whereby a judgment is issued.
    • Verdictives consist in the delivering of a finding, official or unofficial, upon evidence or reasons as to value or fact […] 1962, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words, Oxford University Press, published 1965, page 152:

Forms

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Coordinates

behabitive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · exercitive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · commissive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · expositive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts)