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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

-ive

· IPA /ɪv/
01 suff. An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as, affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, dim…
  1. 1.
    An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as, affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.