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-Ive

Webster's Dictionary

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for '-Ive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/-/-ive.html. 1828.