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tentive
ˈtentive, a. Obs. exc. dial. Also 4–5 -if(e, -yf, 6 -yue. [a. OF. tentif (14th c. in Godef.), aphetic form of F. atentif; or aphetic form of intentive and (in later use) attentive.] = attentive.c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶149 (Harl. MS.) As to warisching of ȝoure douȝter..we schullen do so tentyf [v.r. e... Oxford English Dictionary
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unretentive
unreˈtentive, a. (un-1 7, 5 b.)1748 Chesterfield Lett. (1774) I. 336 Discovering to them such an unretentive weakness as must convince them that you will tell it to twenty others. 1782 Baker Biog. Dramatica I. 238/2 So unretentive was his memory. 1825 Coleridge Aids Refl. 363 You are not so unretent... Oxford English Dictionary
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detentive
deˈtentive, a. rare. [f. L. dētent-, ppl. stem of dētinēre to detain: see -ive.] Having the quality or function of detaining.1881 P. Geddes in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 139/1 The detentive surface [of the pitcher in Nepenthes] is represented by the fluid secretion. Oxford English Dictionary
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discontentive
† disconˈtentive, a. Obs. [f. discontent v. + -ive; after contentive.] a. Feeling or showing discontent; inclined to discontent. b. Causing or tending to discontent; unsatisfactory.1607 Breton Murmerer, To conceive one discontentive thought of his Majestie. 1618 Bolton Florus iv. ii. 286 The fight w... Oxford English Dictionary
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tenty
tenty, a. Sc. (ˈtɛntɪ) Also tentie. [Later form of tentif, tentive, with -if reduced to -ie, -y: see -ive.] Watchful, attentive, observant, cautious.c 1555 Maitland in Pinkerton Anc. Scot. Poems (1786) 276 Be wyse, and tentie, in thy governing. 1728 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc., Bonny Scot iii, Fair winds an... Oxford English Dictionary
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extentive
† exˈtentive, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. L. extent- ppl. stem of extendĕre to extend + -ive. Cf. extensive.] = extensive.1658 J. Harrington Prerog. Pop. Govt. ii. v. (1700) 371 These had the whole extentive Power. Oxford English Dictionary
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contentive
▪ I. † conˈtentive, a.1 Obs. [f. content v. + -ive: cf. inventive.] Fitted to content; satisfying.1593 Nashe Christ's T. 80 What a brutish thing it is, howe short lasting, and but a minute contentiue. 1599 Breton Farewell, The Company of a Contentive friend. 1627–77 Feltham Resolves ii. lxvii. 300 T... Oxford English Dictionary
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portentive
† porˈtentive, a. Obs. rare. [f. L. portent-, ppl. stem of portendĕre to portend + -ive.] Having the quality of portending; = portentous 1.1594 Nashe Terrors Night Wks. (Grosart) III. 245 Commonly that [dream] which is portentiue in a King is but a friuolous fancie in a beggar. 1659 Fuller App. Inj.... Oxford English Dictionary
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attentive
attentive, a. (əˈtɛntɪv) (Also 7 attemptive.) [a. F. attentif, -ive (16th c. in Littré), perhaps altered from the earlier ententif, -ive, after L. attentus, attentio; cf. the next word, in which the at-form appears earlier, and see ententive, intentive, tentive.] 1. a. Steadily applying one's mind, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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retentive
▪ I. † reˈtentive, n. Obs. Also 4–5 retentif, 5 -yf, -ywe, 5–6 -yve. [a. OF. retentive fem.; or from the adj.] 1. The power of retaining things in the mind; recollection, memory.c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 42 In his hart [he] wele held It—sic retentywe he had of wit. c 1407 Lydg. Reson & Sen... Oxford English Dictionary
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