Definition of abessive

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ab·es·sive

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v) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating absence, as Finnish puhumatta "without speaking."

NOUN:

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin abesse, to be absent, away ; see absent

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