PUTATIVE


Meaning of PUTATIVE in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ' pyü-t ə -tiv

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin putativus, from Latin putatus, past participle of putare to think

Date: 15th century

1 : commonly accepted or supposed

2 : assumed to exist or to have existed

– pu · ta · tive · ly adverb

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