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 priv·a·tive /ˈprɪvətɪv/
 (a.)剝奪的,表示缺少某性質的否定字,否定詞

 Priv·a·tive a.
 1. Causing privation; depriving.
 2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
    Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity.   --Jer. Taylor.
 3. Gram. 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.

 Priv·a·tive, n.
 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
    Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives.   --Bacon.
 2. Logic A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
 3. Gram. A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
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