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adessive

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ad⋅es⋅sive

[ad-es-iv] Grammar
–adjective
1. locative.
–noun
2. the locative case.

Origin:
1855–60; < L adess(e) to be present (ad- ad- + esse to be) + -ive
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ad·es·sive   (ād'ěs'ĭv)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing means, as Finnish puhumalla "by speaking, while speaking."
n.  
  1. The adessive case.

  2. A word in the adessive case.


[From Latin adesse, to be present : ad-, ad- + esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
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