Word of the Day – Prolative

Prolative (adj)

pro-la-tiv

Having the function of extending or completing a predication.

Late 17th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin prolativus characterized by being uttered from classical Latin prōlāt-, past participial stem of prōferre to utter, pronounce, to prolong, extend + -īvus.

Example sentences

“It served a prolative rather than an equative, or ablative function.”