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defunctive

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de⋅func⋅tive

  [di-fuhngk-tiv]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to the dead; funereal.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L dēfunct(us) defunct + -ive
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de·funct   (dĭ-fŭngkt')   
adj.  Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization.

[Latin dēfūnctus, past participle of dēfungī, to finish : dē-, de- + fungī, to perform.]
de·func'tive adj., de·funct'ness n.
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