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sta·tive  audio  (sttv) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Belonging to or designating a class of verbs that express a state or condition.
NOUN:
A verb of the stative class.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin statvus, stationary, from stre, stat-, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots


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