finitive

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adjective

Indicating a definite boundary.

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adjectivefinitive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarIndicating a definite boundary.

    The finitive extensions turn an unbounded action into a bounded one, with a distinct end-point implied, e.g., changing "to cut" into "to cut off."

    1995, Christopher Ehret, Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian) (page 30)
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