putativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːtətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈpjudədɪv/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s putatiue, 1500s putatyue, 1500s– putative.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French putatif; Latin putativus.

Etymology: < French putatif (late 14th cent. in filz putatis , plural) and its etymon post-classical Latin putativus imaginary, unreal (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), supposed (12th cent. in pater putativus : see putative father n. at Compounds) < classical Latin putāt- , past participial stem of putāre to think (see putation n.) + -īvus -ive suffix.

That is commonly believed to be such; reputed, supposed; imagined; postulated, hypothetical.Earliest in father putative: see putative father n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [adjective] > reckoned to be

trowedc1410

repute1442

putative?a1475

reputed1559

imaginarya1631

reputative1653

putatitious1654

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 331 Philippus,..fader putatiue [L. putativus] of the noble conquerour Alexander, began to reigne.

1539 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 92 John Beilbie, my sone putative.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvj Of al hys other putatyue (I dare not say fayned) frendes..he had bene clerely abandoned.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. vi. sig. Hhh.iiij/2 Neyther is the Scripture it selfe ashamed, to call Marie..not the putatiue or supposed, but the true and natural mother.

1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. iii. 135 Thus things indifferent being esteem'd useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurp'd authority.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace vi. 130 Let their blasphemous mouths call it in derision..putative righteousness, (i.e.) a meer fancied or conceited righteousness: yet we know assuredly Christs righteousness is imputed to us, and that in the way of faith.

1714 T. Swinden Enq. Nature & Place of Hell vi. 84 Although the Holy Scriptures have plainly enough declared for such a Place, yet they have chosen rather to expound away the Text, and make Hell a mere putative and phantastick Being.

1793 J. Thomson Major Piper III. xxix. 7 He was accused of a crime, which he reprobated. He was the putative author of an action which he abhorred.

1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia ii. xi. 240 He [sc. Christ] imparts not a putative, but a subjective, righteousness to the believer.

1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 17 For the belief that such races are descended from the putative normal scarcely ever rests on proof.

1916 T. S. Eliot Let. 10 Jan. (1988) I. 125 The news is that..compulsion is coming in, that my putative publisher will probably be conscripted, that we are very blue about the war, that living is going up.

1961 S. J. Perelman Rising Gorge (1987) 150 The population..looked rachitic and verminous and whatever putative glamour had invested Lamu had clearly long since vanished.

1996 Economist 14 Dec. 123/3 They reckon that Dr McKay's putative nanobacteria are also just crystals of magnetite.

2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory v. 356 Eimer's philosophical defense of orthogenesis relies largely on its putative superiority over Darwinism as an evolutionary mechanics in the determinist tradition.

Compounds

putative father n. (also †father putative) [after post-classical Latin pater putativus (12th cent.)] the generally supposed or reputed father of an illegitimate child; spec. a man deemed an illegitimate child's father by law.

ΚΠ

?a1475Fader putatiue [see main sense].

1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. i Some nine and thirtie yeares since, which was the time, This woman was maryed, Francisco Romelio, This Gentlemans putatiue father.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xvi. 458 If such putative father, or lewd mother, run away from the parish, the overseers..may seize their rents, goods, and chattels, in order to bring up the said bastard child.

1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xvii. 210 I was fearful that something might be said relative to my putative father Ben, which might hurt my pride.

1991 Internat. Jrnl. Law & Family 5 249 The putative father is ordered to pay maintenance.

putative marriage n. (also †marriage putative) Law (originally Ecclesiastical Law) a marriage which though legally invalid was contracted in good faith by at least one of the parties.A putative marriage may have some of the legal consequences of marriage, such as the legitimacy of children.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > unlawful or invalid

putative marriage1516

nullity1570

1516 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 388/2 The said pretendit mariage putatiue..wes lauchfullie declarit of na strenth nor effect.

1811 Ld. Meadowbank in Brymner v. Riddell Feb. (Ct. of Session) Here there was a putative marriage, acknowledged by all the friends of both parties, and by the general admission..of the legality of that marriage.

1984 S. M. Cretney Princ. Family Law (ed. 4) 88 In the canon law, some of the harsh consequences of declaring a marriage void were mitigated by the doctrine of the putative marriage, under which a void marriage nevertheless had many of the consequences of a valid marriage.

Derivatives

ˈputatively adv. supposedly, reputedly; theoretically.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [adverb] > reputedly, supposedly

reputatively1610

putatively1625

reputedly1655

putatitiously1660

1625 J. Wilson Some Helpes to Faith iv. 59 God of his grace..is not putatiuely iust as some blaspheming say, but truely and perfectly iust.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 220 He subjoin'd also that Christ did not really suffer, but only Putatively in people's Fancies.

1851 P. M. de Colquhoun Summ. Rom. Civil Law II. §1078 Putatively married persons have the same privilege.

1959 E. Norbeck Pineapple Town Introd. 9 Company towns of Hawaii and their counterparts on the mainland share many characteristics, but those of the mainland are seldom so complex in racial or putatively racial considerations.

2002 C. J. Eberle Relig. Conviction Liberal Politics ii. 27 The very religious groups that putatively pose a threat to religious freedom have a vested interest in supporting the liberal commitment to freedom of religion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	putative
释义	putativeadj. Brit. /ˈpjuːtətɪv/, U.S. /ˈpjudədɪv/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s putatiue, 1500s putatyue, 1500s– putative. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French putatif; Latin putativus. Etymology: < French putatif (late 14th cent. in filz putatis , plural) and its etymon post-classical Latin putativus imaginary, unreal (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), supposed (12th cent. in pater putativus : see putative father n. at Compounds) < classical Latin putāt- , past participial stem of putāre to think (see putation n.) + -īvus -ive suffix. That is commonly believed to be such; reputed, supposed; imagined; postulated, hypothetical.Earliest in father putative: see putative father n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [adjective] > reckoned to be trowedc1410 repute1442 putative?a1475 reputed1559 imaginarya1631 reputative1653 putatitious1654 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 331 Philippus,..fader putatiue [L. putativus] of the noble conquerour Alexander, began to reigne. 1539 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 92 John Beilbie, my sone putative. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvj Of al hys other putatyue (I dare not say fayned) frendes..he had bene clerely abandoned. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. vi. sig. Hhh.iiij/2 Neyther is the Scripture it selfe ashamed, to call Marie..not the putatiue or supposed, but the true and natural mother. 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. iii. 135 Thus things indifferent being esteem'd useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurp'd authority. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace vi. 130 Let their blasphemous mouths call it in derision..putative righteousness, (i.e.) a meer fancied or conceited righteousness: yet we know assuredly Christs righteousness is imputed to us, and that in the way of faith. 1714 T. Swinden Enq. Nature & Place of Hell vi. 84 Although the Holy Scriptures have plainly enough declared for such a Place, yet they have chosen rather to expound away the Text, and make Hell a mere putative and phantastick Being. 1793 J. Thomson Major Piper III. xxix. 7 He was accused of a crime, which he reprobated. He was the putative author of an action which he abhorred. 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia ii. xi. 240 He [sc. Christ] imparts not a putative, but a subjective, righteousness to the believer. 1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 17 For the belief that such races are descended from the putative normal scarcely ever rests on proof. 1916 T. S. Eliot Let. 10 Jan. (1988) I. 125 The news is that..compulsion is coming in, that my putative publisher will probably be conscripted, that we are very blue about the war, that living is going up. 1961 S. J. Perelman Rising Gorge (1987) 150 The population..looked rachitic and verminous and whatever putative glamour had invested Lamu had clearly long since vanished. 1996 Economist 14 Dec. 123/3 They reckon that Dr McKay's putative nanobacteria are also just crystals of magnetite. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory v. 356 Eimer's philosophical defense of orthogenesis relies largely on its putative superiority over Darwinism as an evolutionary mechanics in the determinist tradition. Compounds putative father n. (also †father putative) [after post-classical Latin pater putativus (12th cent.)] the generally supposed or reputed father of an illegitimate child; spec. a man deemed an illegitimate child's father by law. ΚΠ ?a1475Fader putatiue [see main sense]. 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. i Some nine and thirtie yeares since, which was the time, This woman was maryed, Francisco Romelio, This Gentlemans putatiue father. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xvi. 458 If such putative father, or lewd mother, run away from the parish, the overseers..may seize their rents, goods, and chattels, in order to bring up the said bastard child. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xvii. 210 I was fearful that something might be said relative to my putative father Ben, which might hurt my pride. 1991 Internat. Jrnl. Law & Family 5 249 The putative father is ordered to pay maintenance. putative marriage n. (also †marriage putative) Law (originally Ecclesiastical Law) a marriage which though legally invalid was contracted in good faith by at least one of the parties.A putative marriage may have some of the legal consequences of marriage, such as the legitimacy of children. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > unlawful or invalid putative marriage1516 nullity1570 1516 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 388/2 The said pretendit mariage putatiue..wes lauchfullie declarit of na strenth nor effect. 1811 Ld. Meadowbank in Brymner v. Riddell Feb. (Ct. of Session) Here there was a putative marriage, acknowledged by all the friends of both parties, and by the general admission..of the legality of that marriage. 1984 S. M. Cretney Princ. Family Law (ed. 4) 88 In the canon law, some of the harsh consequences of declaring a marriage void were mitigated by the doctrine of the putative marriage, under which a void marriage nevertheless had many of the consequences of a valid marriage. Derivatives ˈputatively adv. supposedly, reputedly; theoretically. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [adverb] > reputedly, supposedly reputatively1610 putatively1625 reputedly1655 putatitiously1660 1625 J. Wilson Some Helpes to Faith iv. 59 God of his grace..is not putatiuely iust as some blaspheming say, but truely and perfectly iust. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 220 He subjoin'd also that Christ did not really suffer, but only Putatively in people's Fancies. 1851 P. M. de Colquhoun Summ. Rom. Civil Law II. §1078 Putatively married persons have the same privilege. 1959 E. Norbeck Pineapple Town Introd. 9 Company towns of Hawaii and their counterparts on the mainland share many characteristics, but those of the mainland are seldom so complex in racial or putatively racial considerations. 2002 C. J. Eberle Relig. Conviction Liberal Politics ii. 27 The very religious groups that putatively pose a threat to religious freedom have a vested interest in supporting the liberal commitment to freedom of religion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475
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