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单词 elative
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elativeadj.n.

Etymology: as if < Latin *ēlātīvus: see elate v. and -ive suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: eˈlative.
a. That raises, elevates. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective]
elative1595
1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus sig. B3v By their attracted moyst humiditie, Drawne from a certaine vertue elatiue, Whence raine his generation doth deriue: Seeke more than their accustom'd nutriment.
b. That elates, causes elation. rare.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] > causing elation
elative1838
1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 125 Thither shall gratitude's feelings elative wend.
c. Grammar. Having a superlative or intensive force. Also absol.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > that which intensifies
intensive1813
intensative1853
magnificative1875
intensitive1879
elative1906
intensifier1931
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > intensifying
intensive1608
enhancive1853
ascensive1857
intensative1872
elative1906
1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Greek I. v. 78 In the NT the obsolescence of the superlative, except in the elative sense, is most marked.
1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Greek I. v. 79 Mt 1120 may show the elative—‘those very numerous mighty works’.
1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Greek I. v. 97 The repetition of an adjective produces an elative.
1915 A. H. McNeile St. Matt. 59/2 Ἐλάχιστος..may be elative, ‘very small’.
1922 F. J. Foakes-Jackson & K. Lake Beginnings Christianity II. 505 This is what the grammarians call an elative superlative.
d. Grammar. Denoting the case used in some languages to express motion away from. Also absol.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > other spec.
polyptote1656
instrumental case1801
allative1831
adessive1852
abessive1854
instructive1857
caritive1860
comitative1860
juxtapositive1880
similative1884
illative1890
translative1890
introessive1903
perlative1937
lative1939
patient1939
ergative1943
elative1951
non-objective1954
superessive1971
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > other specific cases
ablativec1400
instrumental1801
prepositional1824
allative1854
adessive1855
sociative1859
comitative1860
terminative1865
abessive1869
common case1869
translative1869
instructive1879
essive1890
transitional case1890
superessive1895
prepositional case1897
similative1903
lative1939
perlative1953
elative1959
1860 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1857 34 The declension of the personal pronouns [in the Tushi language] is as follows..Elative..Comitative..Terminative.
1951 Archivum Linguisticum 3 i. 60 An elative-ablative type of case suffix.
1959 J. C. Catford in R. Quirk & A. H. Smith Teaching of Eng. vi. 186 Roughly the same field is covered by the system of ‘local cases’ in Finnish.. ‘illative’..‘ablative’..‘elative’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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