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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1571
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Partitive, Partative, a. [e.m.E. partityve (1520), -ive, F. partitif, -ive (1550 in Hatz.-Darm.), med. L. partitiv-us, partativ-us.] a. Partitive (noun or pronoun, in grammar). Also absol. b. ? That marks a division or separation, that serves as a boundary. — 1531 Vaus (1531) 3. Rudiments fol. 8 b (see Particularlie adv. a).
Quhat is ane nowne partitiue? 1571 Misc. Bann. C. III. 144.
I … saw the ryvar quhilk rynis neir by and is partative to Lin
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