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Definition: EXCITIVE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. That which excites; an excitant.[Websters].
Adjective 1. Serving or tending to excite; excitative.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb excitively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(excitively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective excitive.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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Date "Excitive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EXCITIVE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. That which excites; an excitant.[Websters].
Adjective1. Serving or tending to excite; excitative.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb excitively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(excitively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective excitive.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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Date "EXCITIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)