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(1):
(a.) Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
(2):
(a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.
(3):
(n.) That of which the essence is the absence of something.
(4):
(a.) Causing privation; depriving.
(5):
(n.) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
(6):
(n.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.