† revolutiveadj.

Forms: 1600s reuolutiue, 1600s 1800s revolutive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin revolūt- , revolvere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin revolūt-, past participial stem of revolvere revolve v. + -ive suffix. Compare French révolutif relating to the return of Christ (1578 in Middle French), characterized by periodic circular motion (1724), (in botany) revolute (a1799). Compare earlier revolute adj. With sense 3 compare also earlier revoluted adj.

Obsolete.

1. Periodic; fitful. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Periodic, periodicall.., also, reuolutiue, comming or going by course, or fits.

2. Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]

thoughtfulc1175

contemplative1340

considerativec1449

musing1449

studient1532

pondering1566

contemplatory1576

speculative1578

considerate1581

reflective1581

theorical1594

theoric?1600

theoretical1608

meditative1611

thoughtsome1627

reflexive1630

reflecting1632

revolutive1637

cogitativea1639

thoughtive1654

lucubratory1656

thinkful1668

theoretic1701

ruminatinga1704

reflectious1715

ruminative1774

thinking1799

meditative1831

ruminant1849

meditational1864

penseful1865

1637 O. Feltham Lett. xvii, in Lusoria (1661) By being so conceived, aweth the inquisitive and revolutive Soul of man.

3. Botany. = revolute adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > rolled inwards or outwards

revolute1753

involutive1855

revolutive1860

involuted1875

1860 J. H. Balfour Botanist's Compan. 69/2 Revolute and Revolutive, leaf with its edges rolled backwards in vernation.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 968/1 Revolutive, when the edges are rolled backwards spirally on each side, as in the leaf of the rosemary, a term of æstivation.

1890 Cent. Dict. Revolutive, in Bot., same as revolute, or sometimes restricted to the case of vernation and estivation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	revolutive
释义	† revolutiveadj. Forms: 1600s reuolutiue, 1600s 1800s revolutive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin revolūt- , revolvere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin revolūt-, past participial stem of revolvere revolve v. + -ive suffix. Compare French révolutif relating to the return of Christ (1578 in Middle French), characterized by periodic circular motion (1724), (in botany) revolute (a1799). Compare earlier revolute adj. With sense 3 compare also earlier revoluted adj. Obsolete. 1. Periodic; fitful. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Periodic, periodicall.., also, reuolutiue, comming or going by course, or fits. 2. Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] thoughtfulc1175 contemplative1340 considerativec1449 musing1449 studient1532 pondering1566 contemplatory1576 speculative1578 considerate1581 reflective1581 theorical1594 theoric?1600 theoretical1608 meditative1611 thoughtsome1627 reflexive1630 reflecting1632 revolutive1637 cogitativea1639 thoughtive1654 lucubratory1656 thinkful1668 theoretic1701 ruminatinga1704 reflectious1715 ruminative1774 thinking1799 meditative1831 ruminant1849 meditational1864 penseful1865 1637 O. Feltham Lett. xvii, in Lusoria (1661) By being so conceived, aweth the inquisitive and revolutive Soul of man. 3. Botany. = revolute adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > rolled inwards or outwards revolute1753 involutive1855 revolutive1860 involuted1875 1860 J. H. Balfour Botanist's Compan. 69/2 Revolute and Revolutive, leaf with its edges rolled backwards in vernation. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 968/1 Revolutive, when the edges are rolled backwards spirally on each side, as in the leaf of the rosemary, a term of æstivation. 1890 Cent. Dict. Revolutive, in Bot., same as revolute, or sometimes restricted to the case of vernation and estivation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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