durative

Meanings

Noun

the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration
This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.

Adj

Of or pertaining to duration.
Long-lasting.
Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.

Origin / Etymology

From duration + -ive. Alternatively, borrowed from French duratif, from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) + -ive.

Synonyms

diuturnal, durative aspect, lasting, prolonged

Scrabble Score: 12

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