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Portative | a. [ Cf. F. portatif. ] 1. Portable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Physics) Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity. [ 1913 Webster ] | Putative | a. [ L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute. ] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. “His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.” E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | putative | (พู'ทะทิฟว) adj. ตามคำเล่าลือ, สมมุติ, สันนิษฐาน, อนุมาน. |
| | | | putative | (adj) purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds |
| Putative | a. [ L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute. ] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. “His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.” E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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