| 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. |
| ERGATIVES | • ergatives n. Plural of ergative. • ERGATIVE n. a certain grammatical inflection. |
| PURGATION | • purgation n. The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative. • purgation n. The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt. • purgation n. (Archaic) Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration. |
| PURGATIVE | • purgative adj. (Capable of) purging. • purgative n. Something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative. • PURGATIVE adj. serving to purge. |
| ERGATIVITY | • ergativity n. (Linguistics) The property of a grammar’s (or, by extension, a language’s) being ergative; the attribute… • ERGATIVITY n. the state of being ergative, a grammatical case found in certain languages. |
| PURGATIONS | • purgations n. Plural of purgation. • PURGATION n. the act of purging. |
| PURGATIVES | • purgatives n. Plural of purgative. • PURGATIVE n. a medicine that empties the intestines. |
| ASPERGATION | • ASPERGATION n. the act of asperging. |
| EXPURGATING | • expurgating v. Present participle of expurgate. • EXPURGATE v. to purify or revise; to censor. |
| EXPURGATION | • expurgation n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| OBJURGATING | • objurgating v. Present participle of objurgate. • OBJURGATE v. to scold or rebuke sharply, to berate. |
| OBJURGATION | • objurgation n. (Uncommon) A strong rebuke or scolding. • OBJURGATION n. a rebuke, a scolding. |
| OBJURGATIVE | • objurgative adj. That objurgates; sharply disapproving. • OBJURGATIVE adj. chiding, scolding, also OBJURGATORY. |
| PURGATIVELY | • purgatively adv. In a purgative manner; so as to purge. • PURGATIVE adv. serving to purge. |
| ASPERGATIONS | • ASPERGATION n. the act of asperging. |
| COMPURGATION | • compurgation n. (Now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths… • COMPURGATION n. the exoneration of an accused person on the basis of oaths sworn by other persons. |
| ERGATIVITIES | • ERGATIVITY n. the state of being ergative, a grammatical case found in certain languages. |
| EXPURGATIONS | • expurgations n. Plural of expurgation. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| OBJURGATIONS | • objurgations n. Plural of objurgation. • OBJURGATION n. a rebuke, a scolding. |
| COMPURGATIONS | • compurgations n. Plural of compurgation. • COMPURGATION n. the exoneration of an accused person on the basis of oaths sworn by other persons. |