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Adventive
Adventive Ad*ven"tive, a.
1. Accidental.
2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
Adventive
Adventive Ad*ven"tive, n.
A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
--Bacon.
Affrontive
Affrontive Af*front"ive, a.
Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
How affrontive it is to despise mercy. --South.
Affrontiveness
Affrontiveness Af*front"ive*ness
([a^]f*fr[u^]nt"[i^]v*n[e^]s), n.
The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] --Bailey.
Alimentiveness
Alimentiveness Al`i*men"tive*ness, n.
The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in
Phrenol.]
antivenenAntivenin An`ti*ve"nin, n. [Written also antivenen,
antivenine.] [Pref. anti- + L. venenum poison.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated
injections of small doses of the venom. Antivenereal
Antivenereal An`ti*ve*ne"re*al, a.
Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
AntiveninAntivenin An`ti*ve"nin, n. [Written also antivenen,
antivenine.] [Pref. anti- + L. venenum poison.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated
injections of small doses of the venom. antivenineAntivenin An`ti*ve"nin, n. [Written also antivenen,
antivenine.] [Pref. anti- + L. venenum poison.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated
injections of small doses of the venom. Appointive
Appointive Ap*point"ive, a.
Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]
AssentiveAssentive As*sent"ive, a.
Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. --
As*sent"ive*ness, n. AssentivenessAssentive As*sent"ive, a.
Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. --
As*sent"ive*ness, n. AttentiveAttentive At*ten"tive ([a^]t*t[e^]n"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
attentif.]
1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or
attention.
Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and
seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application
of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application
of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person
is attentive to the words, and to the manner and
matter, of a speaker at the same time.
2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
circumspect; watchful. -- At*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
At*ten"tive*ness, n. AttentivelyAttentive At*ten"tive ([a^]t*t[e^]n"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
attentif.]
1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or
attention.
Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and
seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application
of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application
of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person
is attentive to the words, and to the manner and
matter, of a speaker at the same time.
2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
circumspect; watchful. -- At*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
At*ten"tive*ness, n. AttentivenessAttentive At*ten"tive ([a^]t*t[e^]n"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
attentif.]
1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or
attention.
Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and
seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application
of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application
of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person
is attentive to the words, and to the manner and
matter, of a speaker at the same time.
2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
circumspect; watchful. -- At*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
At*ten"tive*ness, n. Circumventive
Circumventive Cir`cum*vent"ive, a.
Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.
Constraintive
Constraintive Con*straint"ive, a.
Constraining; compulsory. [R.] ``Any constraintive vow.'
--R. Carew.
Discontentive
Discontentive Dis`con*tent"ive, a.
Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] ``Pride is ever
discontentive.' --Feltham.
Dissentive
Dissentive Dis*sent"ive, a.
Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] --Feltham.
Ententive
Ententive En*ten"tive, a. [OF. ententif.]
Attentive; zealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Excrementive
Excrementive Ex`cre*men"tive, a.
Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
[R.] ``The excrementive parts.' --Felthman.
InattentiveInattentive In`at*ten"tive, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.
Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
remiss; inadvertent. -- In`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
In`at*ten"tive*ness, n. InattentivelyInattentive In`at*ten"tive, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.
Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
remiss; inadvertent. -- In`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
In`at*ten"tive*ness, n. InattentivenessInattentive In`at*ten"tive, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.
Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
remiss; inadvertent. -- In`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
In`at*ten"tive*ness, n. IncentiveIncentive In*cen"tive, a. [L. incentivus, from incinere to
strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See
Enchant, Chant.]
1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action;
stimulative.
Competency is the most incentive to industry. --Dr.
H. More.
2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.]
Part incentive reed
Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
--Milton. Incentive
Incentive In*cen"tive, n. [L. incentivum.]
That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the
passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to
determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill;
motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of
promotion, are two powerful incentives to action.
The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come
in their way, are so far from making them quit the work
they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to
them to go on in it. --South.
Syn: Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement;
inducement; influence.
Incentively
Incentively In*cen"tive*ly, adv.
Incitingly; encouragingly.
IntentiveIntentive In*ten"tive, a. [OE. ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L.
intentivus intensive. See Intent, n., and cf. Intensive.]
Attentive; intent. [Obs.] --Spenser. Intentively
Intentively In*ten"tive*ly, adv.
Attentively; closely. [Obs.] ``Intentively to observe.'
--Holland.
Intentiveness
Intentiveness In*ten"tive*ness, n.
Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.
[Obs.] --W. Montagu.
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