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absolutive
adjective ab·so·lu·tive \ˌab-sə-ˈlü-tiv\
Definition of ABSOLUTIVE
: of, relating to, or being an inflectional morpheme that typically marks the subject of an intransitive verb or the direct object of a transitive verb in an ergative language
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First Known Use of ABSOLUTIVE
1948
Rhymes with ABSOLUTIVE
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