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Contemplative Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Contemplative has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person devoted to the contemplative life

2

Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious contemplation.

Adjective
1

deeply or seriously thoughtful

"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"

2

Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.

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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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