RESUMPTIVE

Adjective

resumptive (comparative more resumptive, superlative most resumptive)

That is in the nature of resumption.

Noun

resumptive (plural resumptives)

(grammar) A resumptive pronoun.

(archaic) A restorative medicine.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sump"tive, a. Etym: [cf. L. resumptivus restorative.]

Definition: Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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