caritive,a.Gram.|ˈkærɪtɪv| [f. L. carit-ppl. stem of carēre to lack + -ive.] Applied to the case used (in Caucasian languages, etc.) to express the lack of something. Also absol. 1860[see adessive a.].1939L. H. Gray Found.Lang. vii. 201 The caritive denotes ‘lack of’.