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Definition of Definitives
1. definitive [n] - See also: definitive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Definitives
Literary usage of Definitives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"... that the words called definitives and connectives, so far from having of
themselves no signification, are equally essential to language, ..."
2. The Works of James Harris, Esq. by James Harris (1841)
"CHAPTER I. CONCERNING Definitives. WHAT remains of our work is a matter of less
difficulty, it being the same here as in some historical picture; ..."
3. Hermes: Or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar by James Harris (1825)
"I. Concerning Definitives. remains of our Work, is a matter of less difficulty,
... Definitives, the Subject of the present Chapter, are commonly called by ..."
4. Hermes, Or A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar by James Harris (1786)
"... CHAP I. Concerning Definitives. is a matter of lefs difficulty, v—•^—' it
being the fame here, as in, ..."
5. Hermes, Or A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar by James Harris (1786)
"CHAP I. Concerning Definitives* WHAT remains of our Work, Ch.t. is a matter of
lefs difficulty, <—vw it being the fame here, ..."
6. Hermes: Or, a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Language and Universal by James Harris (1751)
"I. Concerning Definitives. 'HAT remains of our Work,Ch. I. is a matter of lefs
difficulty, it being the fame here, ..."
7. A Comparative Grammar of the Gaudian Languages: With Special Reference to by August Friedrich Rudolf Hoernle (1880)
"Definitives. 423. Definiteness or emphasis is given to a number by adding the suff.
... Definitives ..."
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