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transportative, a. rare.|trɑːnˈspɔətətɪv, træn-| [f. transport v. + -ative, after portative.] 1. Adapted or liable to transportation; such as to be carried from place to place, portable.
1643Trapp Comm. Gen. xxxii. 6 The Ark was transportative, till setled in Solomon's temple. 1657Ibid., Job iv. 19 A tabernacle which hath no foundation, and is transportative. 1680C. Nesse Church-Hist. 151 His ark should be no more transportative, but setled for a long season. 2. Having the quality of transporting.
1886A. Winchell Walks Geol. Field 46 The transportative power of the stream had become so abated. |