modificativen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒdᵻfᵻkətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌmɑdəfəˈkeɪdɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin modificativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin modificativus (adjective) that moderates, (in grammatical use) that modifies or qualifies (late 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin modificāt- , past participial stem of modificāre (see modify v.) + -īvus -ive suffix; compare -ative suffix. Compare Middle French, French modificatif , adjective (1490 in legal use in sense ‘tending to introduce a modification’, 1610 in sense ‘modifying the sense of other words’) and noun (1709 in Buffier denoting a word that determines the sense of other words (see quot. 1728² at sense A.), 1762 in sense ‘that which modifies’). Compare earlier modificate v., and also earlier modificator n., modifier n.

rare.

A. n.

A thing which modifies something else; (Grammar) a modifying word or clause. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > modifier or qualifier

qualifier1589

restringenta1626

restrictive1642

modificativea1661

qualificativea1661

modifier1865

the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun] > mode or form of existence > something that modifies another thing

modificative1728

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > something that modifies

modificative1728

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 59 The Spirit of Truth it self, where Numbers and Measures are concerned, useth the aforesaid Modificatives [i.e. ‘almost’, ‘very nigh’].

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Modificative, something that modifies, or gives a thing a certain Manner of being.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) This last Kind of Words, which serve to modify Nouns and Verbs, since it has no general Name in the common Grammars, he [sc. Buffier] chuses to call Modificatives.

2002 www.verbix.com 6 Feb. (O.E.D. Archive) We also relinquished, in the present document, all attempts to indicate the modificatives like macrons, palatizations, cerebralizations and others which abound in Dravida and Sanskrit, and to some extent, in other languages as well.

B. adj.

That has the property of modifying something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [adjective] > varying or modifying

modificative1685

modificatory1824

modifying1843

the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > relating to mode or form > that gives something a particular mode of being

modificative1685

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > modifying or qualifying

qualifying1582

qualificative1696

modifying1793

modificativea1832

modificatory1861

restrictive1878

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 487 And though it be true that the Settlement of the Reformation is a further Perfection added thereto, yet that is but a modificative Addition to it, but that which is the main, the form and substance of the Reformation was before.

a1832 J. Bentham Lang. in Wks. (1843) VIII. 317/2 In this case put the modificative clause before the clause intended to be modified.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modificative
释义	modificativen.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒdᵻfᵻkətɪv/, U.S. /ˌmɑdəfəˈkeɪdɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin modificativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin modificativus (adjective) that moderates, (in grammatical use) that modifies or qualifies (late 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin modificāt- , past participial stem of modificāre (see modify v.) + -īvus -ive suffix; compare -ative suffix. Compare Middle French, French modificatif , adjective (1490 in legal use in sense ‘tending to introduce a modification’, 1610 in sense ‘modifying the sense of other words’) and noun (1709 in Buffier denoting a word that determines the sense of other words (see quot. 1728² at sense A.), 1762 in sense ‘that which modifies’). Compare earlier modificate v., and also earlier modificator n., modifier n. rare. A. n. A thing which modifies something else; (Grammar) a modifying word or clause. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > modifier or qualifier qualifier1589 restringenta1626 restrictive1642 modificativea1661 qualificativea1661 modifier1865 the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun] > mode or form of existence > something that modifies another thing modificative1728 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > something that modifies modificative1728 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 59 The Spirit of Truth it self, where Numbers and Measures are concerned, useth the aforesaid Modificatives [i.e. ‘almost’, ‘very nigh’]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Modificative, something that modifies, or gives a thing a certain Manner of being. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) This last Kind of Words, which serve to modify Nouns and Verbs, since it has no general Name in the common Grammars, he [sc. Buffier] chuses to call Modificatives. 2002 www.verbix.com 6 Feb. (O.E.D. Archive) We also relinquished, in the present document, all attempts to indicate the modificatives like macrons, palatizations, cerebralizations and others which abound in Dravida and Sanskrit, and to some extent, in other languages as well. B. adj. That has the property of modifying something. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [adjective] > varying or modifying modificative1685 modificatory1824 modifying1843 the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > relating to mode or form > that gives something a particular mode of being modificative1685 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > modifying or qualifying qualifying1582 qualificative1696 modifying1793 modificativea1832 modificatory1861 restrictive1878 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 487 And though it be true that the Settlement of the Reformation is a further Perfection added thereto, yet that is but a modificative Addition to it, but that which is the main, the form and substance of the Reformation was before. a1832 J. Bentham Lang. in Wks. (1843) VIII. 317/2 In this case put the modificative clause before the clause intended to be modified. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1661
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