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Definitions of Agglutinative

Pronunciation : Ag*glu"ti*na*tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. agglutinatif.]
Definition : 1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

2. (Philol.)

Defn: 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 M?ller.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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