Definition of elative

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Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases..

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Hyperoxygenized :: Hyperoxygenized (a.) Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides.
Configuration :: Configuration (n.) Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure..
Driver :: Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals..
Situated :: Situated (a.) Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore..
Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts..
Circulatory :: Circulatory (n.) A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation..
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
Which :: Which (pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will..
Relationist :: Relationist (n.) A relative; a relation.
Debtee :: Debtee (n.) One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.
Why :: Why (adv.) The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative..
Universal :: Universal (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient..
As :: As (adv. & conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such..
Correlativeness :: Correlativeness (n.) Quality of being correlative.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it..
Manikin :: Manikin (n.) A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc..
Broad-leafed :: Broad-leafed (a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves..
Anthotaxy :: Anthotaxy (n.) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.
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