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Webster 1913 Edition
Agglutinative
Ag-glu′ti-na-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
agglutinatif
.] 1.
Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
Syn. – polysynthetic, holophrastic.
2.
(Philol.)
Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
In
agglutinative
languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris.
Cf.
man-kind
, heir-loom
, war-like
, which are agglutinative
compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative
languages. R. Morris.
Agglutinative
languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Agglutinative
AGGLU'TINATIVE
,Adj.