venitive

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adjective

Indicating motion to or toward a thing.

OriginLatin veniō →
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Meanings

adjectivevenitive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableparticleor inflectiongrammarIndicating motion to or toward a thing.

    The venitive suffix associates an event of ‘motion to or toward’ to the main verb.

    2007, Loretta O’Connor, Motion, Transfer and Transformation: The grammar of change in Lowland Chontal, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 131
nounvenitive (plural venitives)

plural venitives

  1. grammarA grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion to or toward a thing; or, the indication so provided.

    […] a derivational suffix indicating ‘movement toward the speaker or deictic center’. […] a derivational venitive […]

    1994, Joan L. Bybee, Revere Dale Perkins, and William Pagliuca, The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 11–12

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ventive

Origin

  1. Latinveniō“to come, to approach”
  2. Englishvenitive

From Latin veniō (“to come, to approach”).

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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