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To: thackney

So what’s the ive for, then?


27 posted on 04/15/2013 10:25:20 PM PDT by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: wastedyears
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ive

1. ( forming adjectives ) indicating a tendency, inclination, character, or quality: divisive ; prohibitive ; festive ; massive

2. ( forming nouns of adjectival origin ): detective ; expletive [from Latin -Ä«vus ]

28 posted on 04/16/2013 5:05:41 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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