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Meaning of -ive in English:

-ive

Pronunciation /?v/

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suffix

  • (forming adjectives, also nouns derived from them) tending to; having the nature of.

    ‘active’
    • ‘corrosive’
    • ‘palliative’

Origin

From French -if, -ive, from Latin -ivus.