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AMATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amative mean?
• AMATIVE (adjective)
The adjective AMATIVE has 1 sense:
1. inclined toward or displaying love
Familiarity information: AMATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inclined toward or displaying love
Synonyms:
amative; amorous
Context example:
feeling amorous
Similar:
loving (feeling or showing love and affection)
Derivation:
amativeness (the arousal of feelings of sexual desire)
Context examples
For that matter, though not amative to any considerable degree so far as I have discovered, I was never outside the atmosphere of women until now.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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