单词 | constative |
释义 | constative /keuhn stay"tiv/, Philos., Ling. adj. 1. (of an utterance) describing a state of affairs; making a statement that can be said to be true or false. n. 2. a constative utterance. Cf. performative. [1900-05; prob. < F constat(er) to affirm, verify (appar. v. deriv. of L constat (it) is apparent, 3d sing. pres. of constare; cf. CONSTANT) + -IVE] |
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