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Priv"a*tive (?), a. [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See Private.] 1. Causing privation; depriving.
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2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
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Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.
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3. (Gram.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. &unr_;), un-, non-, -less.
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Priv"a*tive, n.
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1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
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Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. Bacon.
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2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
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3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
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