reversive

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

reverse +‎ -ive

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

reversive (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Designating the reversion of an action.
    • 2000, Maria Soukka, A descriptive grammar of Noon: a Cangin language of Senegal:
      The reversive suffix only occurs with quite a small number of verbs that all denote an action of placing an object in a certain position, which is inherently reversible […]
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