† negativedadj.n.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a person proposed for an office: rejected. (In quot. as n.: those people who have been rejected for a given office.)
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rebuffed or rejected
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negatived1706
1706 S. Sewall Diary 6 June (1973) I. 547 In stead of the Negativ'd were chosen B. Brown [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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- like spotty wantin' the tail
- like steam
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- like taking candy from a baby
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- like the devil looks over lincoln
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- like the looks of
- like the mill-tails of hell
- like the milltails of hell
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