˜yÐÄvlog

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essive

[ es-iv ]

adjective

  1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a state of being.


noun

  1. the essive case.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of essive1

1900–05; < Finnish essivi < Latin ess ( e ) to be + -Ä«±¹³Ü²õ -ive
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Example Sentences

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"Member how she used to tell us how she wasn't a tree as couldn't be transplanted, and how she was a libin' soul, and a p'og'essive sperrit, and how she wanted to see somefin' ob dis worl' she libbed in afore she parted hence and beed no more," said another.

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