usitative
English
Etymology
From Latin usitari (“to use often”).
Adjective
usitative (not comparable)
- (grammar) Denoting usual or customary action.
- usitative verbs in Navajo language
- 1873, Henry Alford, The Greek Testament: With a Critically Revised Text:
- the usitative aorist
Noun
usitative (plural usitatives)
- (grammar) a usitative verb
References
- “usitative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.