Meanings
abdicative1
comparative more abdicative · superlative most abdicative
- rareCausing, or implying, abdication.
abdicative2
plural abdicatives
- human sciencesA reasoning from the negative
The fourth mood is that which brings together directly a particular abdicative from a particular dedicative and a universal abdicative, e.g., Some just thing is honourable, no honourable thing is base, therefore some just thing is not base.
1987, David Londey, The Logic of Apuleius
Origin
abdicative · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*déyḱs
- Latindicō
- Latinabdicō
- Latinabdicātus
- Englishabdicate
- Englishabdicative
abdicative · noun
- Latinabdicativus
- Englishabdicative
From Latin abdicativus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French abdicatif
- abdicatif(rare) causing, or implying, abdication
German abdikativ
- abdikativ(rare) causing, or implying, abdication
Latin abdicativus
- abdicativus(rare) causing, or implying, abdication
Portuguese abdicativo
- abdicativo(rare) causing, or implying, abdication
Cite this entry
abdicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abdicative
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