ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Debitive

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Debitive is an adjective meaning (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the mood of a verb that expresses need or obligation (like English must, have to, should).

Meaning

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the mood of a verb that expresses need or obligation (like English must, have to, should).

More Meanings

  1. (linguistics) This mood, or a verb in this mood.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include optative, deontic, imperative, obligational, deverbal, necessitative.

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