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substantive

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) substantive (noun)
  2. 2) substantive (adjective)
  3. substantive due process (noun)
  4. substantive expression (noun)
  5. substantive genitive (noun)
  6. substantive law (noun)
  7. substantive right (noun)
  8. subject substantive (noun)

1sub·stan·tive

noun \ˈsəb-stən-tiv\

Definition of SUBSTANTIVE

: noun; broadly : a word or word group functioning syntactically as a noun
— sub·stan·tiv·ize \-ti-ˌvīz\ transitive verb
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Origin of SUBSTANTIVE

Middle English substantif, from Anglo-French sustentif, from sustentif, adjective, having or expressing substance, from Late Latin substantivus, from Latin substantia
First Known Use: 14th century

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