agentive

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Etymology

agent +‎ -ive

Adjective

agentive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
  2. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.

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Noun

agentive (plural agentives)

  1. (linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.

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Adjective

agentive f

  1. feminine plural of agentivo

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