redditive
English
Etymology 1
Latin redditivus.
Adjective
redditive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Answering to an interrogative or enquiry; conveying a reply.
Etymology 2
Latin redditivum.
Noun
redditive (plural redditives)
- (grammar) A word which answers an interrogative.
- Shorter Examples; Or, Second Book of English Examples, to be Rendered Into Latin – Adapted to the Use of the Lower Class, Eton, printed by E. Williams, 1826, p.30
- AN Interrogative and its Redditive (i. e. the Word which answers it) shall be of the same Case and Tense[.]
- Shorter Examples; Or, Second Book of English Examples, to be Rendered Into Latin – Adapted to the Use of the Lower Class, Eton, printed by E. Williams, 1826, p.30
Translations
a word which answers an interrogative
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