Guessive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    conjectural not-comparable, obsolete, rare

    "So in Beasts , in Birds , in Dreams , and all viary Omens , they are only the guessive interpretations of dim - ey'd Man"

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"So in Beasts , in Birds , in Dreams , and all viary Omens , they are only the guessive interpretations of dim - ey'd Man"

Etymology

From guess + -ive.

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