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ELATIVE

\ɪlˈatɪv], \ɪlˈatɪv], \ɪ_l_ˈa_t_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of ELATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Raised; lifted up; - a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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Raised; lifted up; - a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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