Meaning of attributative | Babel Free

Definitions

Misconstruction of attributive.

alt-of, misconstruction

Examples

“It has, however, been generally considered as of a peculiar kind, and has received an attributative designation, as if the action had a character of its own, distinct from that of all other inflammations, and at the same time quite independent of the structure which it affected.”

“[…]a definite distinction is made between the predicative construction and the attributative by means of the devices of the definite article and the weak adjective.”

“If the attributative body of performative actions, behaviours and utterances has no place in cyberspace, it is hazardous to suggest that this means there are no bodies in cyberspace.”

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