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punctuative, a.|ˈpʌŋktjʊətɪv|
[f. as punctuate v. + -ive: see -ative.]
Of, pertaining to, or serving for punctuation (sense 3).
1855J. Rush Philos. Hum. Voice viii. (ed. 4) 154 The nature, or, if I may so call it, the punctuative intonation of this feeble cadence is such, that the ear allows a speaker either to pause after it, or to proceed in his discourse. 1874M. Collins Transmigr. II. ii. 45 The note of interrogation is unknown in their punctuative system. 1883Q. Rev. Jan. 187 The punctuative particles [in Corean]..giving in words the force of the comma, the colon, and the period. |