Adessive Definition
ădĕsĭv
adjective
Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing means, as Finnish puhumalla “by speaking, while speaking.”
American Heritage
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location.
Wiktionary
noun
The adessive case.
American Heritage
A word in the adessive case.
American Heritage
(grammar) The adessive case, or a word in that case.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Adessive
Noun
Singular:
adessive
Plural:
adessivesOrigin of Adessive
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From Latin adesse to be present ad- ad- esse to be es- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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