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Definition: ABDICATIVE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Causing, or implying, abdication.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb abdicatively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(abdicatively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective abdicative.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Abdicative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Abdicative \Ab"di*ca*tive\, adjective. [Latin expression abdicativus.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ABDICATIVE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Causing or implying abdication.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Adjective] (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication. (references)

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Definition: ABDICATIVE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Causing, or implying, abdication.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb abdicatively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(abdicatively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective abdicative.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ABDICATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Abdicative \Ab"di*ca*tive\, adjective. [Latin expression abdicativus.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ABDICATIVE

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Causing or implying abdication.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Adjective] (rare) Causing, or implying, abdication. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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