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concessive

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con⋅ces⋅sive

  [kuhn-ses-iv]
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–adjective
1. tending or serving to concede.
2. Grammar. expressing concession, as the English conjunction though.
Origin:
1705–15; < LL concēssīvus. See concession, -ive

Related forms:
con⋅ces⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
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con·ces·sive   (kən-sěs'ĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Of the nature of or containing a concession.

  2. Grammar Expressing concession, as the conjunction though.


[Late Latin concessīvus, from Latin concessus, past participle of concēdere, to concede; see concede.]
con·ces'sive·ly adv.
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