单词 | plurative |
释义 | plurativeadj.n. 1. Grammar. = plural adj. 1. Also as n. rare.In later use also occasionally used to designate various forms, affixes, etc., found in certain languages, which confer or partake of some of the properties associated with plurality. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > number > plural plurala1387 plurara1398 plurative1585 pluralizing1794 1585 J. Foxe Serm. 2 Cor. 6 This nominative (Nos) in the plurative number, is not here to be expounded after the stile of Rome. 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 171 Plurative, an adjective used, very rarely, as a synonym for the adjective plural. 1962 Language 38 111 Krause proposes to recognize a special kind of plural, the ‘plurative’.. The ‘plurative’ can be described as a plural of a plural. 1962 Language 38 111 The addition of a possible ‘plurative’ form in Tocharian A. 1974 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 94 312/2 The latter stem is used when the verb has a plurative aspect, that is when it has a number of objects. 2. Logic. Of a proposition, assertion, etc.: applying to a proportion (usually more than half) of the subject concerned. Also used to designate the type of logic which is concerned with such propositions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions causalc1530 subalternate1599 equipollent1642 reduplicative1671 subalternating1671 pure1697 poristic1704 desitive1725 inceptive1725 contrary1739 exponible1788 analytic1797 analytical1797 poristical1828 oristica1832 oristicosemeiotica1832 balanced1849 plurative1849 molecular1892 dyadic1897 monadic1897 dispositional1909 non-atomic1934 1849 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 2) ii. 174 The judgment—‘Most men are prejudiced’ cannot..be considered as particular, for it implies not only that some men, but more than the half of mankind are prejudiced. These are termed plurative judgments. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xxii. 191 The name of Plurative propositions has been proposed for all those which give a distinct idea of the fraction or number of the subject involved in the assertion. 1965 Philos. Stud. 16 49 (title) Venn diagrams for plurative syllogisms. 1984 A. Flew et al. Dict. Philos. (rev. ed.) 278/2 Plurative logic, the little known field of the logic of majorities, also called pleonotetic logic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1585 |
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