Definition of positive

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Positive (a.) Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons..

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Mood :: Mood (n.) Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode..
Anelectrotonus :: Anelectrotonus (n.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
Comparatively :: Comparatively (adv.) According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.
Doctrinally :: Doctrinally (adv.) In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.
Aver :: Aver (v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth..
Allegation :: Allegation (n.) That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment.
Suppositor :: Suppositive (n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation..
Idorgan :: Idorgan (n.) A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon..
Bicarbonate :: Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate..
Predicatory :: Predicatory (a.) Affirmative; positive.
Melanotype :: Melanotype (n.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture..
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid..
Averment :: Averment (v. t.) The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion..
Arsenide :: Arsenide (n.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret..
Dogmaticalness :: Dogmaticalness (n.) The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.
Vitre-o-electic :: Vitre-o-electic (a.) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity..
Transpositive :: Transpositive (a.) Made by transposing; consisting in transposition; transposable.
Peremptory :: Peremptory (a.) Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical.
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