usitative

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adjective

Denoting usual or customary action.

“usitative verbs in the Navajo language”

OriginLatin usitari →
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Meanings

adjectiveusitative (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarDenoting usual or customary action.

    usitative verbs in the Navajo language

    1 more example

    the usitative aorist

    1873, Henry Alford, The Greek Testament: With a Critically Revised Text
nounusitative (plural usitatives)

plural usitatives

  1. grammarA usitative verb.

Origin

  1. Latinusitari“to use often”
  2. Englishusitative

From Latin usitari (“to use often”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

situative
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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