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amative
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Word definitions for amative in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "pertaining to love," from Latin amat- , past participle stem of amare "to love" (see Amy ) + -ive .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amative \Am"a*tive\, a. [L. amatus, p. p. of amare to love.] Full of love; amatory.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to love; amorous.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous" [syn: amorous ]
Usage examples of amative.
Just like the maquiladora plants, the amative establishments that served their employees operated on a twenty-four-hour work schedule.
Before the approaching train drowned speech altogether, Mrs Leaper roused herself from her amative contemplation of Detective Inspector Bradley and cried: “Christmas is coming!
The waiting was tedious, and having been long denied, the amative element could not brook further delay.
For that matter, though not amative to any considerable degree so far as I have discovered, I was never outside the atmosphere of women until now.