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concessive, a. and n.|kənˈsɛsɪv|
[ad. L. concessīv-us, f. concess-: see concession and -ive.]
A. adj.
1. Of the nature of or tending to concession.
1876A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 132 The Leben Jesu came out in a fourth edition, purged from everything concessive and irenical.
2. Gram. Expressive of concession.
1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 162 Conjunctions..Concessive, Declarative, etc. 1765W. Ward Ess. Gram. 227 Adversative, or concessive, conjunctions. 1874Roby Lat. Gram. §1584 Often called concessive sentences, in which an action is directed to be taken for granted, in order that discussion may be concentrated on the consequences.
B. n. Gram. A concessive particle, clause, etc.
1765Ward Gram. 436 Adversatives or Concessives.
Hence conˈcessively adv., conˈcessiveness.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. x. 357 Receiving that affirmatively which was but concessively delivered. 1887J. K. Illingworth in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 897 A concessiveness of temper and a thoroughness of treatment, which leave little to be desired. |