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Definitions for explicative
ˈɛk splɪˌkeɪ tɪv, ɪkˈsplɪk ə tɪv; ˈɛk splɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ɪkˈsplɪk ə-ex·plica·tive
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explicativeadjective
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
The witness was explicative in explaining to the police what he saw.
Etymology: From explico
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Explicativeadjective
Having a tendency to explain.
Etymology: from explicate.
If the term which is added to the subject of a complex proposition be either essential or any way necessary to it, then it is called explicative; for it only explains the subject, as every mortal man is a son of Adam. Isaac Watts, Logick.
Webster Dictionary
Explicativeadjective
serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory
Etymology: [Cf. F. explicatif.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of explicative in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of explicative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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