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jus⋅sive

  [juhs-iv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. (esp. in Semitic languages) expressing a mild command.
–noun
2. a jussive form, mood, case, construction, or word.
Origin:
1840–50; < L juss(us) (ptp. of jubēre to command) + -ive
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jus·sive   (jŭs'ĭv)   
n.  A word, mood, or form used to express command.

[From Latin iussus, past participle of iubēre, to command.]
jus'sive adj.
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