-IVE


Meaning of -IVE in English

■ suffix (forming adjectives, also nouns derived from them) tending to; having the nature of: palliative.

Derivatives

~ly suffix .

~ness suffix .

Origin

from Fr. -if , ~ , from L. -ivus .

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