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Definition: DEFUNCTIVE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Funereal.[Websters]
2. Being deathly. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb defunctively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(defunctively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective defunctive.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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Date "Defunctive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references)

Note: Defunctive \De*func"tive\, adjective. Funereal. [Obsolete]. (references)

Definition: DEFUNCTIVE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Funereal.[Websters]
2. Being deathly. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb defunctively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(defunctively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective defunctive.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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Date "DEFUNCTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references)

Note: Defunctive \De*func"tive\, adjective. Funereal. [Obsolete]. (references)