/stay"tiv/ , adj. Gram.
(of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses: I liked them. I want some. I will never believe it.
Cf. nonstative .
[ 1625-35; stativus, L, equiv. to stat ( us ) (ptp. of stare to STAND) + -ivus -IVE ]