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-ative

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ative

▶suffix (forming adjectives) denoting a characteristic or propensity: pejorative.

– origin from Fr. -atif, -ative or L. -ativus (from past part. stems ending in -at).

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