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Abstractive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Abstractive has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting

"abstractive analysis"

2

Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.

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Origin

The word comes from the Medieval Latin abstractivus, which combines the past participle of abstrahere ("to draw away") with a suffix meaning "-ive." Its original sense relates to something that is drawn away or removed.

Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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