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durative

adj

Etymology

From duration + -ive. Alternatively, borrowed from French duratif, from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) + -ive.

  1. derived from duratif — “lasting continuously (for a certain time)”
  2. borrowed from duratif

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to duration.

  2. Long-lasting.

  3. Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action

    Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. This aspect, or a verb in this aspect

      This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.

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Derived

duratively, durativeness, durativity

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA