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priv·a·tive (pr

-t

adj.

1. Causing deprivation, lack, or loss.

2. Grammar Altering the meaning of a term from positive to negative.

n. Grammar

A privative prefix or suffix, such as a-, non-, un-, or -less.

[Middle English privatif, from Latin prvtvus, from prvtus, past participle of prvre, to deprive; see private.]

priva·tive·ly adv.

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