单词 | ordinative |
释义 | † ordinativeadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Having the character or function of ordaining, ordering, determining, or regulating; of the nature of ordination or ordering. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [adjective] > regulating regulative1599 ordinant1604 ordinative1605 well-ordering1619 regulating1628 regulatory1775 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. Sig. T3v These internal beginnings of things, they called hypostatical, vertual, and ordinatiue beginnings. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 156 For these being but the executive only: may either be directed, or diverted by the intellectuall, and ordinative. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 481 The holy God, in al his..gubernation about sin, whether it be permissive or ordinative, is gloriosely vindicated from being the Author..of sin. 2. Grammar. Of a particle: that ordinates a clause. rare. ΚΠ 1868 N. Amer. Rev. July 343 The same effect is produced by the use of ordinative particles, first, secondly, &c. B. n. Grammar. A particle which ordinates clauses. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec. numeral1530 partitive1530 inclusive1533 gentile1569 illative1591 note1607 collective1751 ordinativea1831 resumptive1832 similative1903 applicative1925 particle1925 adposition1972 a1831 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 172/1 ‘Where’ is an ordinative of place in the following passage. ‘He rails Even there, where merchants most do congregate.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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