Meanings
adjectiveguessive (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleterareconjectural
So in Beasts , in Birds , in Dreams , and all viary Omens , they are only the guessive interpretations of dim - ey'd Man
1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with guessive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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APA
guessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessive
MLA
“guessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessive.
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