intensativeadj.n.
/ɪnˈtɛnsətɪv/ rare.
A. adj.
= intensive adj. 4.
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intensive1608
enhancive1853
ascensive1857
intensative1872
elative1906
1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxv. 13 The intensative particle..aph..yea.
1880 B. Nicholson in Athenæum 18 Dec. 815/1 [In Shakes. Mids. N. v. i. 59] ‘wondrous’ is not an attributive of ‘snow’, but an intensative attributive of ‘strange’.
B. n.
= intensive n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > that which intensifies
intensive1813
intensative1853
magnificative1875
intensitive1879
elative1906
intensifier1931
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. xvii. 79 I also took occasion to use ‘plus bêtes que des philosophes’ as an intensative of common folly.
1880 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. II. 324 ‘Infernal’ used as an Intensative.
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