citativeadj.
/ˈsʌɪtətɪv/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdədɪv/ rare.
Of, relating to, of the nature of, or characterized by citation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [adjective] > using citations
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1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. iv. 443 Citative integrity.
1852 Democratic Rev. July 91/2 In strict wording the citative and material paragraph of its first article is flatly contradictory to the second, or renunciatory clause.
1987 C. Simmons in B. Ingham & C. Simmons Devel. Stud. & Colonial Policy i. 74 Surveys and readings have been used as a surrogate for further citative referencing.
2003 D. Fernbach tr. M. Maar Bluebeard's Chamber 83 The novel has no page free of such references, and reveals its ‘bloody radicalism’ in its citative style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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