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Meaning of "amative" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMATIVE

From Medieval Latin amātīvus, from Latin amāre to love.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AMATIVE

ˈæmətɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amativeness

Amativeness is a term describing sexual arousal. Also a concept in the archaic teachings of Phrenology.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMATIVE

affirmative · amalgamative · calmative · confirmative · consummative · deformative · desquamative · estimative · exclamative · formative · gemmative · informative · nonnormative · normative · performative · preformative · reformative · summative · transformative · uninformative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMATIVE

amate · amateur · amateur dramatics · amateur status · amateurish · amateurishly · amateurishness · amateurism · amateurship · Amati · amation · amatively · amativeness · amatol · amatorial · amatorially · amatorian · amatorious · amatory · amaurosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMATIVE

active · administrative · alternative · collaborative · comparative · conservative · cooperative · creative · decorative · derivative · in the negative · initiative · innovative · legislative · narrative · native · negative · operative · quantitative · relative · representative

Synonyms and antonyms of amative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amative» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF AMATIVE

Find out the translation of amative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of amative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amative» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

恋爱
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

amative
570 millions of speakers
en

English

amative
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

amative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفصحى
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

влюбчивый
278 millions of speakers
pt

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amative
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রেমপরায়ণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

amative
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Amatif
190 millions of speakers
de

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amative
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

amative
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

amative
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Amatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đa tình
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

காதற்பாங்குள்ள
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आकर्षक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

aşkıkâne
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

amative
65 millions of speakers
pl

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amative
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

влюблива
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

senzual
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερωτόληπτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMATIVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of amative
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «amative».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amative

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMATIVE»

Discover the use of amative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Documents for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
FROM THE BIBLE ARGUMENT, PRINTED IN 1848 The amative and propagative functions of the sexual organs are distinct from each other, and may be separated practically. . . . If amativeness is the first and noblest of the social affections, ...
James A. Henretta, 2011
2
The Occult Mentors of Maria de Naglowska
The separation of the amative from the propagative, places amative sexual intercourse on the same footing with other ordinary forms of social interchange. So long as the amative and propagative are confounded, sexual intercourse carries ...
Robert North
3
Annual Report of the Oneida Association: 1848/1849
We assent partially to this view, but reply to the objection thus; simple amative action between two, i. e. the in. terchange of spiritual without physical seed, actually generates a third. The male and female persons A and B, by amative ...
Oneida Association, 1849
4
Studies in American Culture: Dominant Ideas and Images
The first, and perhaps the most fundamental, is the amative. The second is the propagative. It is difficult to convey within brief compass all that was meant by amative love.12 It was, of course, expressed through physical sex relations and, ...
Joseph J. Kwiat, Mary C. Turpie, 1960
5
Bible Communism: A Compilation from the Annual Reports and ...
A satisfaetory solution of the grand problem, must propose a method that ean be shown to be natural, healthy for both sexes, favorable to amative - ness, and effeetual in its eontrol of propagation. Sueh a solution will be found in what follows.
Oneida Community, 1853
6
Free Love in Utopia: John Humphrey Noyes and the Origin of ...
Our theory, which separates the amative from the propagative, not only relieves us of involuntary and undesirable procreation, but opens the way for scientific propagation. We are not opposed after the Shaker fashion, or even after Owen's ...
George Wallingford Noyes, Lawrence Foster, 2001
7
The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality
6. "THE. AMATIVE. IMPULSE". A young lover in rural Pennsylvania described in his diary in 1861 the varied pleasures of lovemaking that he enjoyed on many nights until dawn, with the young woman of his affections.1 So extensive were the  ...
Mabel Collins Donnelly, 1986
8
Practical Christian socialism: a conversational exposition ...
The amative and propagative functions of the sexual organs are distinct from each other, and may be separated practically. They are confounded in the world, both in the theories of physiologists and in universal practice. The amative function ...
Adin Ballou, 1854
9
A Handful of Blossoms
A man of convivial and amorous habits, he was so amative that his temper was known to everyone in every village around. A greatest philanderer, to put it mildly, although aging. The Amative Landlord's object could be any young woman, ...
Lara Biyuts
10
A First Person History of Pediatric Psychoendocrinology
These cases of the late treated adrenogenital syndrome neither confirm nor disconfirm the hormonal hypothesis regarding the origin of a homosexual amative orientation in human beings, but they make the hypothesis suspect, since some of ...
John Money, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Contemporary artists work to revive Madhubani paintings
... romantic rendezvous with gopis (cow-herd girls) and their amative feelings and expressions are conjured up at the tip of artists' paintbrush, ... «The Asian Age, May 15»
2
19th Century Brooklyn -- America's Lost City
The "amative" Beecher (Woodhull's approving adjective) was hardly Brooklyn's only ecclesiastical star. After breaking with him, Bowen said his ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
3
Dance Massive review wrap (Solos for Other People and The Boom …
Bodies are piled in frozen tableaux suggesting consolation or lassitude or something amative. The sound of feet drumming on the court builds ... «Daily Review, Mar 15»
4
Singles for couples and a couple singles, too
... effects and energetic synths. “Bluish” is the perfect psychedelic love song, well-suited for the amative and slightly adventurous music listener. «The Creightonian, Feb 15»
5
A solo traveler amid lovebirds in St. Lucia
I stepped into the eye of the amative hurricane at the Viceroy's Cane Bar, wearing my finest Johnny Cash black. I ordered a drink and used all ... «Boston Globe, Dec 14»
6
Artsakh at the Ready: Volunteers Report to Duty, PM Spends Nights …
Factually three amative soldiers turned the whole platoon into their harem, and enjoy their sexual services at any time they wished,” the author ... «Armenian Weekly, Aug 14»
7
Poem as Prayer: Mark Wunderlich's "The Earth Avails"
... to borrow Paul Alpers's term for such countryside personae since Theocritus' and Virgil's amative homosocial layabouts sang to one another; ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 14»
8
UTG Premiere: Amative – “Selfish Desires” (Official Music Video)
Amative are a crushingly heavy outfit from Ohio who are not afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves. Their debut EP, Flatlined, debuted in ... «Under the Gun Review, Jul 14»
9
The Scene Calendar: 7-10
... Destroy Us All, Truth Ascension, Paying for the Priceless, Amative, Demonshifter: Fri.; Tropic Bombs, OnceOver, Edge Water Drive: Sat. «Toledo Blade, Jul 14»
10
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale - extract two
Alternatively, the trigger could be the menopause, or an amative woman could be unbalanced simply by a sudden reduction in the frequency ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 12»
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