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▪ I. † ˈcomitative, a.1 Obs. rare. [ad. L. type comitātīv-us (in med.L.), f. comitāt-us: see below.] Belonging to the body of Comites (see comes).
1683Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. 56 That they should..have the Comitative Honour, or the same Place and Dignity which the Comites..had conferr'd upon them. ▪ II. comitative, a.2 Gram.|ˈkɒmɪteɪtɪv| [f. L. comitāt- ppl. stem of comitāri to accompany + -ive.] Expressing accompaniment; associative. Also as n.
1860Trans. Philol. Soc. 1857 34 The declension of the personal pronouns is as follows... Nominative, Genitive,..Comitative. 1879Whitney Skr. Gram. §1121. 364 The comitative prefix sa, used..before nouns and adjectives. 1890[see abessive a.]. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 42 Comitative, in certain language groups (e.g. Finno-Ugric), a case having the denotation with or accompanied by. Comitative aspect, a verbal aspect expressing that the action or state denoted by the verb is performed or experienced together or jointly with somebody or something else. 1955Quirk & Wrenn O.E. Gram. 67 The characteristic comitative function seen in expressions like the following: worhte ælfred cyning lytle werede geweorc. |