privative

Example Sentences

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But Dr Bhar, a cosmetic surgeon who runs a privative clinic in Harley Street London, disagrees with the ban.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2022

All the power they can have is cumulative, not privative; for the worse condition of a ruler ought not to be by procuring.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

Mr. Max M�ller looks for the origin of the word in a, privative, and da, to bind; thus Aditi will mean "the boundless," the "infinite," a theory rejected by M. Regnaud.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

The medicinal springs procured this place its ancient name of Aponon, derived from α, privative, and πονος, pain.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

Evil, then, in its formal concept is nothing positive; it is essentially negative, or rather privative.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter