partitive: Meaning and Definition of
par•ti•tive
Pronunciation: (pär'ti-tiv), [key]
— adj.
- serving to divide into parts.
- noting part of a whole: the Latin partitive genitive.
—n.
- a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
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