Denominative definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DENOMINATIVE, a. That gives a name; that confers a distinct appellation ... name Date: circa 1783 derived from a noun or adjective • denominative noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. serving as or giving a ... name. Etymology: LL denominativus (as DENOMINATION) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Denominative De*nom`i*na"tive, a. [Cf. F. d['e ... Conferring a denomination or name. 2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. --Cocker. 4. (Gram.) ...
... Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. --Cudworth. 2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Appellative Ap*pel ...
... who smites with the evil eye," making the term a denominative from `ayin, "eye." The usual rendering in the King James ... of which lichesh, is but a variant, is probably a denominative from nachash, "a serpent" (l and n interchange in Hebrew ...