absolutive
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
absolutive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
- (rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
- 1986, Young Yun Kim, Interethnic communication: current research (Sage Publications, Inc):
- (1) Absolution: The speaker says the act was not what was understood, and that it did not occur as charged anyway. [...] His repeated denials should be viewed as an absolutive strategy in which the facts themselves are disputed, [...]
- 1991, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Spiritual Intimacy: A Study of Counseling in Hasidism (Jason Aronson):
- [...], the forgiving process is easier because the full cathartic effect, in all its absolutive power, comes into play after a heightened awareness of sinfulness.
- 1992, Beth Ingold, Essays in presidential rhetoric (Kendall Hunt Pub Co):
- The absolutive appeal is exemplified in two Nixon statements. […] Absolution is a posture designed to clear fully the accused party from any hint of wrongdoing. […]
- 1986, Young Yun Kim, Interethnic communication: current research (Sage Publications, Inc):
- French: absolutif
absolutive (plural absolutives)
- (grammar) The absolutive grammatical case, or a phrase that uses it.
- (grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
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