con·sta·tive (k n-st  t v, k nst-)adj. Relating to or being an utterance that asserts or states something that can be judged as true or false, such as The cat is on the mat. n. A constative utterance, such as an assertion. [New Latin c  nstat vus (translation of German konstatierend, present participle of konstatieren, to indicate as factual), from Latin cnstre, to stand firm, be fixed (influenced by third person sg. present tense cnstat, it is manifest, it is a fact, and statvus, stationary); see constant.] |
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