A privative, named from Latin privare, `to deprive`, is a particle that negates or inverts the value of the stem of the word. In Indo-European languages many privatives are prefixes; but they can also be suffixes, or more independent elements. ==Privative prefixes== In English there are three primary privative prefixes, all cognate from PIE: The.....
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indicating absence, deprivation or negation
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• (n.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3. • (n.) That of which the essence is the absence of something. • (a.) Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. • (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such pre...
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Priv'a·tive adjective [ Latin
privativus : confer French
privatif . See
Private .]
1. Causing privation; depriving.
2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. «
Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, ...
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privative 1. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. 2. Indicating the absence or negation of some quality. 3. Consisting in, or characterized by, the taking away, loss, or lack of something.
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causing, or tending to cause, deprivation. · consisting in or characterized by the taking away, loss, or lack of something. · indicating negation or absence.
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