Meanings
adjectiveprolative (comparative more prolative, superlative most prolative)
comparative more prolative · superlative most prolative
- obsoleteuttered
- grammarextending or completing a predication
Origin
- Latinprōlātīvus
- Latinprōlātīvus
- Englishprolative
Borrowed from Latin prōlātīvus.
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Rhymes with prolative
creativedativestativelativeuncreativeanticreativecastrativecollativeconstativedictativedilativeelativeequativeflativeillativeinduplicativeinflativeinnativemiscreativemutativenear-nativenon-nativeoptativeplacative
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APA
prolative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolative
MLA
“prolative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prolative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolative.
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