English-Thai Dictionary

privative

ADJ ซึ่ง ยากจน  ซึ่ง ขัดสน  sueng-yak-jon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIVATIVE

a.Causing privation. 1. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive. Privative is in things, what negative is in propositions; as privative blessings, safeguard, liberty and integrity.

 

PRIVATIVE

n.That of which the essence is the absence of something. Blackness and darkness are privatives. 1. In grammar, a prefix to a word which changes its signification and gives it a contrary sense, as a, in Greek; unjust; un and in in English, as unwise, inhuman. The word may also be applied to suffixes, as less, in harmless.

 

PRIVATIVELY

adv. By the absence of something. 1. Negatively.
The duty of the new covenant is set down first privatively. [Unusual. ]

 

PRIVATIVENESS

n.Notation of the absence of something.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRIVATIVE

Priv "a *tive a. Etym: [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See Private. ]

 

1. Causing privation; depriving.

 

2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.

 

3. (Gram. )

 

Defn: 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. un-, non-, -less.

 

PRIVATIVE

PRIVATIVE Priv "a *tive, n.

 

1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. Bacon.

 

2. (Logic )

 

Defn: A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.

 

3. (Gram. )

 

Defn: A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.

 

PRIVATIVELY

PRIVATIVELY Priv "a *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively. [R.] Hammond.

 

PRIVATIVENESS

PRIVATIVENESS Priv "a *tive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being privative.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

privative

pri va tive |ˈprivətiv ˈpraɪvədɪv | ▶adjective (of an action or state ) marked by the absence, removal, or loss of some quality or attribute that is normally present. • (of a statement or term ) denoting the absence or loss of an attribute or quality: the wording of the privative clause. • Grammar (of a particle or affix ) expressing absence or negation, for example, the a- (from the alpha privative in Greek ), meaning “not, ” in atypical . ▶noun a privative attribute, quality, or proposition. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin privativus ‘denoting privation, ’ from privat- ‘deprived ’ (see privation ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

privative

privative |ˈprɪvətɪv | ▶adjective (of an action or state ) marked by the absence or loss of some quality or attribute that is normally present. • (of a statement or term ) denoting the absence or loss of an attribute or quality: parliament may insert a privative clause to achieve this result. • Grammar (of a particle or affix ) expressing absence or negation, for example the Greek a-, meaning ‘not ’, in atypical . ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin privativus ‘denoting privation ’, from privat- ‘deprived ’ (see privation ).