significative

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As long as in these sesquipedalian compounds, the significative root remains distinct, they belong to the agglutinative stage; as soon as it is absorbed by the terminations, they belong to the inflectional stage.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

The E is the prefix significative of a past time.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

The "Alpha" and "Omega" of Revelation contain profound evolutionary truths, significative of spirit and of matter, or God unmanifested and manifested.

From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Beside the very significative absence of real violence, the persistent effort you made to hide facts accuses you.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite

The second class may be termed significative, being imposed to distinguish their bearers from others by some quality.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.