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Definition of Elatives
1. elative [n] - See also: elative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elatives
Literary usage of Elatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"The construction is common in Caxton and in the Paston Letters, and in the York
Plays almost no periphrastic superlatives occur which are not elatives. ..."
2. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1882)
"... a use was raised in favor of the immediate grantee by a " bargain and sale"
between strangers, and by a " covenant to stand seised" between I'elatives. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"Taddeo bids farewell to his -elatives, and departs under the care of his two
guardian angels. 4. Minerva shows him the city )f Rome in the distance, ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"... or at least the physical cor- •elatives of them, can be interpreted in terms
of the redistribution of natter and motion, and explained by a series of ..."
5. The Bookman (1911)
"Corinna Curtis is a voung woman •Wh,te Roses - S,elatives considerable anxiety
because, while surrounded by a growing swarm of admirers, some of whom are ..."
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