| 释义 |
† prosecutive, a. Obs. rare.
Also 7 -quutive.
[f. as prosecute v. + -ive: cf. obs. F. prosecutif, -ive (1569 in Godef.) and executive.]
Having the quality or function of prosecuting.
1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely i. i. 48 The virtues of the prosequutiue part rule not the intellectual, but are ruled rather. 1759R. Shirra in Rem. (1850) 111 Give place to Him in the elective faculty, the will; in the prosecutive faculty, the affections. |