Substantive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Substantive	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Substantive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
substantive adj having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents" Synonym(s): substantial, substantive defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law" Synonym(s): substantive, essential Antonym(s): adjective, procedural being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion" Synonym(s): meaty, substantive n any word or group of words functioning as a noun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, n. [Cf. F. substantif.] (Gram.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, v. t. To substantivize. [R.] --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substantive \Sub"stantive\, a. [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.] 1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive* verb, that is, the verb to be. 2. Depending on itself; independent. He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. --Bacon. 3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial. Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. --Hazlitt. 4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive. {Noun substantive} (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive. {Substantive color}, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color.