prolative, a.
(prəʊˈleɪtɪv)
[ad. late L. prōlātīv-us, f. prōlāt-us: see prolate a. and -ive.]
† 1. Characterized by being uttered or spoken. Obs. rare— 1.
| 1691 W. Nicholls Answ. Naked Gospel 93 The learned Fathers in the Church have been always careful, to distinguish between..the prolative, or enunciative word, and the essential and substantial one. |
2. Gram. Having the function of extending or completing the predication.
| 1867 W. Johnson in Farrar Ess. Lib. Educ. 338 The authority which is already making ‘prolative verbs’ familiar in the households of many country gentlemen. 1876 Kennedy Publ. Sch. Lat. Gram. (ed. 4), Index I, Prolative Relation,..that in which Predication is extended by an Infinitive added to Verbs, Participles, or Adjectives. 1896 Edin. Rev. Jan. 84 The student [of Finnish] must remember the nominative, partitive..prolative, translative, essive..and instructive. 1902 F. Ritchie Pract. Engl. Gram. 117 In analyzing such sentences as..(We must hasten, You can go) the Verb with the Infinitive may be taken together as forming a sort of Complex Verb. An Infinitive so used may be called Prolative. |