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-itive

Forming adjectives.

French ‑itif, ‑itive or Latin ‑itivus (from past participial stems ending in ‑it).

Examples include cognitive, definitive, fugitive, genitive, inquisitive, positive, punitive, and transitive. Some of these can also be nouns.

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