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Descriptive

De-scrip′tive

,

Adj.

[L.

descriptivus

: cf. F.

descriptif

.]

Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description;

as, a

descriptive

figure; a

descriptive

phrase; a

descriptive

narration; a story

descriptive

of the age.

–

De-scrip′tive-ly

,

adv.

–

De-scrip′tive-ness

,

Noun.