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por⋅ta⋅tive

  [pawr-tuh-tiv, pohr-]
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–adjective
1. capable of being carried; portable.
2. having or pertaining to the power or function of carrying.
–noun
3. Also called portative organ. a small portable pipe organ used esp. during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME portatif < MF. See port 5 , -ative
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por·ta·tive   (pôr'tə-tĭv, pōr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Portable.

  2. Capable of or used in carrying.


[Middle English portatif, from Old French, from Latin portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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