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Relative, adj. and n. Also: -iwe. [e.m.E. and ME relatif noun (Wyclif), e.m.E. relative, also adj. (1530), F. relatif (13th c.), L. relātīv-.] a. adj. Relating (to a matter or, in grammar, to an antecedent term). b. noun. A relative word. —a. 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
Quhat is ane nowne relatiue? ane part of orison the quhilk commys behind in my langage and rehercis it that is before said 1566 Anderson Collect. Mary I 48.
We have ressauit ȝour lettre … relatiue [pr. -ine] to our last writing sent ȝow 1593 in Montg. Suppl. 320.
That the actis … maid in … [1585 and 1587] war relatiwe to the pacificatioun maid at Perthe —b. 1531 Vaus (1531) Sig. gg iii.
Quhat adiectiuis gouernis the datiue cais: … secundly relatiuis logicale Ib. 2.
How mony of thir [pronouns] ar relatiuis and how mony ar demonstratiuis? 16.. Rudiments fol. 4a.
Sui requires not sense or meaning from a former or precedent, and is satisfied with one verb; therfore it is not a relatiue
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