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Portative

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Portable.

(2):

(a.) Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.

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