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es⋅sive

  [es-iv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a state of being.
–noun
2. the essive case.
Origin:
1900–05; < Finnish essivi < L ess(e) to be + -īvus -ive
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es·sive   (ěs'ĭv)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating a state of being or an existence in a particular capacity or state in some languages, as in Finnish professorina, "as a professor."
n.  

  1. The essive case.

  2. A word or form in the essive case.


[Finnish essiivi, from New Latin essīvus : Latin esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots + Latin -īvus, -ive.]
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