antessive

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adjective

Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.

“An antessive case is found in some Dravidian languages.”

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Meanings

adjectiveantessive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarIndicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.

    An antessive case is found in some Dravidian languages.

Origin

From ante- + essive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with antessive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Anagrams

assentive
Cite this entry
APA

antessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antessive

MLA

“antessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antessive.

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