TRANSLATIVE

Etymology

Adjective

translative (comparative more translative, superlative most translative)

Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.

Of, or relating to the translation of language.

(linguistics) Of, or relating to the translative case.

(obsolete) In the form of a trope; figurative.

Synonyms

• (relating to the translation of language): translational

Noun

translative (plural translatives)

(grammar) The translative case.

(grammar) A word in the translative case.

Source: Wiktionary


Trans*lat"ive, a. Etym: [L. translativus that is to be transferred: cf. F. translatif.]

Definition: tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. [R.] Puttenham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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