Endoactive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Endoactive is an adjective meaning (grammar) Being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice.
Meaning
(grammar) Being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice.
Example Sentences
‘Endoactive’ is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262).
Antonyms for endoactive
Common opposites include exoactive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exoactive, agentive, actional, invertive, itive, illative.
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