| AGENTIVE | • agentive adj. (Linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer). • agentive adj. (Linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb. • agentive n. (Linguistics) A word having an agentive construction. |
| AVERTING | • averting v. Present participle of avert. • AVERT v. to ward off. |
| DIVAGATE | • divagate v. (Intransitive) To wander about. • divagate v. (Intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme. • DIVAGATE v. to wander or stray from a course or subject. |
| ERGATIVE | • ergative adj. (Grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations… • ergative n. Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive… • ergative n. An ergative verb or other expression. |
| GRIEVANT | • grievant n. One who submits a grievance. • GRIEVANT n. one that submits a complaint for arbitration. |
| LEVIGATE | • levigate v. (Transitive) To make smooth or polish. • levigate v. (Transitive) To make into a smooth paste or fine powder. • levigate v. (Transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid. |
| LIGATIVE | • ligative adj. (Grammar) Serving to connect separate elements. • LIGATIVE adj. acting as a ligature. |
| NAVIGATE | • navigate v. (Transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc… • navigate v. (Intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle. • navigate v. (Intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail. |
| NEGATIVE | • negative adj. Not positive nor neutral. • negative adj. (Physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles. • negative adj. (Mathematics) Of a number: less than zero. |
| RAVIGOTE | • ravigote n. A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs. • RAVIGOTE n. (French) a spicy vinegar sauce, also RAVIGOTTE. |
| TAVERING | • TAVER v. (Scots) to wander, rave, also TAIVER. |
| VAGINATE | • vaginate adj. Vaginated. • vaginate v. (Transitive) To ensheathe; to enclose in a sheath. • VAGINATE adj. invested with, or as if with, a sheath, also VAGINATED. |
| VALETING | • valeting v. Present participle of valet. • VALETING n. the act of being a valet. |
| VESTIGIA | • vestigia n. Plural of vestigium. • VESTIGIUM n. (Latin) a trace, a vestige. |
| VINTAGED | • vintaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of vintage. • VINTAGE v. to strip of grapes, also VINT. |
| VINTAGER | • vintager n. One who gathers the vintage, i.e. a grape harvester. • VINTAGER n. one that harvests wine grapes. |
| VINTAGES | • vintages n. Plural of vintage. • VINTAGE v. to strip of grapes, also VINT. |
| VIRGATES | • virgates n. Plural of virgate. • VIRGATE n. an early English land measure. |
| VITRAGES | • vitrages n. Plural of vitrage. • VITRAGE n. (French) a thin curtain for windows or glazed doors. |