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Definition: ILLESIVE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Not injurious; harmless.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb illesively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(illesively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective illesive.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Etymology:Illesive \Il*le"sive\, adjective. [Prefix il- not Latin laedere, laesum, to injure.]. (references)

Definition: ILLESIVE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Not injurious; harmless.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb illesively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(illesively)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective illesive.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Etymology:Illesive \Il*le"sive\, adjective. [Prefix il- not Latin laedere, laesum, to injure.]. (references)