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a. [ Cf. F. alternatif. ] 1. Offering a choice of two things. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Alternate; reciprocal. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa. ] 1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

With no alternative but death. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. [ 1913 Webster ]

My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. carminativus (1622), fr. carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif. ] Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. “Carminative hot seeds.” Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. produced by a combinatorial process. [ Narrower terms: combinable, combinational, combinatory, combining(prenominal) ] Also See: integrative. Antonym: noncombinative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. able to combine; tending to combine. [ Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative) ]
Syn. -- combinatory, combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Conatus. ] Of or pertaining to conation. [ 1913 Webster ]

This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. conglutinatif. ] Conglutinant.

a. (Gram.) Expressing coordination. J. W. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Grammar) same as coordinating. subordinative
Syn. -- co-ordinating, coordinating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dénominatif. ] 1. Conferring a denomination or name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor. Harkness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By denomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. désignatif. ] Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. déterminatif. ] Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which serves to determine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. “Discriminative censure.” J. Foster. “Discriminative Providence.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dominatif. ] Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F. donatif. See Donate. ] 1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. “The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Issuing forth; effluent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By an emanation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Explanatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. [ Obs. ] Greene (1593). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. germinatif. ] Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Germinative spot,
Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif. ] Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Governing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. illuminatif. ] Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. “Illuminative reading.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. imaginatif. ] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. Mure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

-- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly, adv. -- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the capability of imagining; the power of imagination.
Syn. -- imagination, vision. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. incarnatif. ] Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n. An incarnative medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making no distinction; not discriminating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Native. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Naïve, Neif a serf. ] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Courage is native to you. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Native American party. See under American, a. --
Native bear (Zool.), the koala. --
Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. --
Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil. --
Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail (Tribonyx Mortierii). --
Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa. --
Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial (Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form. --
Native sloth (Zool.), the koala. --
Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead. --
Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard (Choriotis australis); -- called also bebilya. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Natural; natal; original; congenital. -- Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By natural or original condition; naturally; originally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being native. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative. ] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not combinative. Opposite of combinative. [ Narrower terms: noncombining ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. not being or composed of aborigines; as, the nonnative population of South Africa. Opposite of native. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; foreign-born; as, our large nonnative population.
Syn. -- foreign-born. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Originating in a different region and acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
Syn. -- domesticated, naturalized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [ Obs. ] -- O*pin"a*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Burton. Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]