redditiveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

redditive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply.
2. (obsolete, rare) Restorative; relating to the process of restoring.

語源 2

From Latin redditivum.

名詞

redditive (plural redditives)

1. (grammar) A word which answers an interrogative.

   Shorter Examples; Or, Second Book of English Examples, to be Rendered Into Latin – Adapted to the Use of the Lower Class, Eton, printed by E. Williams, 1826, p.30

   AN Interrogative and its Redditive (i. e. the Word which answers it) shall be of the same Case and Tense[.]