EXEMPLIFICATIVE | • exemplificative adj. Serving as an example; illustrative. • EXEMPLIFICATIVE adj. serving to exemplify. |
IMPERFECTIVE | • imperfective adj. Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect. • imperfective n. The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect. • IMPERFECTIVE adj. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
IMPERFECTIVES | • imperfectives n. Plural of imperfective. • IMPERFECTIVE n. a tense expressing incomplete action. |
OVERAMPLIFIED | • overamplified adj. Excessively amplified. • overamplified v. Past participle of overamplify. • OVERAMPLIFIED adj. excessively amplified. |
OVERSIMPLIFIED | • oversimplified adj. Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed. • oversimplified v. Past participle of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
OVERSIMPLIFIES | • oversimplifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
OVERSIMPLIFY | • oversimplify v. To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity… • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
OVERSIMPLIFYING | • oversimplifying v. Present participle of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
PELVIFORM | • pelviform adj. Basin-shaped. • PELVIFORM adj. basin-shaped. |
PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
PULVILLIFORM | • pulvilliform adj. Resembling a pulvillus. • PULVILLIFORM adj. shaped like a cushion. |
SIMPLIFICATIVE | • simplificative adj. That leads to simplification. • SIMPLIFICATIVE adj. serving to simplify. |
VAPORIFORM | • vaporiform adj. (Archaic) Existing in a vaporous state. • VAPORIFORM adj. existing in a vaporous form or state. |
VIPERIFORM | • VIPERIFORM adj. shaped like a snake or viper. |