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constative
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con·sta·tive
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Philosophy,
Linguistics
adjective
1.
(of an utterance) describing a state of affairs; making a statement that can be said to be true or false.
noun
2.
a constative utterance.
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Origin:
1900–05;
probably <
French
constat
(
er
) to affirm, verify (apparently verbal derivative of
Latin
constat
(it) is apparent, 3rd singular present of
constāre;
compare
constant
) +
-ive
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