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Causing privation; depriving.

Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.

That of which the essence is the absence of something.

A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.

A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.

Causing want; having, or giving, a negative instead of a positive meaning; negative.

A syllable attached to a word to change its positive meaning to a negative one.

Causing privation: consisting in the absence of something.

That which is privative or depends on the absence of something else: (logic) a term denoting the absence of a quality: (gram.) a prefix denoting absence or negation.

PRIVATIVELY.

PRIVATIVELY.

Depriving; negative.

A prefix giving a nagative meaning.

n. That which derives its character from or of which the essence is the absence of something ;-a prefix or suffix to a word which changes its signification and gives it a contrary sense, as in, un, less.