Definitions for amative

amative am·a·tive

Spelling: [am-uh-tiv]
IPA: /ˈæm ə tɪv/

Amative is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in amative (aaeimtv).

Definitions for amative

adjective

  1. disposed to love; amorous.

Origin of amative

1630-40; Medieval Latin amātīvus, equivalent to amāt(us) (past participle of amāre to love) + -īvus -ive

Examples for amative

Bending low until his mouth touched hers, he kissed her until her face glowed under the ardor of his amative caress.

The waiting was tedious, and having been long denied, the amative element could not brook further delay.

Nor are many persons sufficiently aware of the ruinous extent to which the amative propensity is indulged by married persons.

It was a surprise to see these leisurely and luxurious animals spattering the water in such an ecstasy of amative rage.

The amative function is regarded merely as a bait to the propagative, and is merged in it.

Phrenology confirms this; for her amative developments are singularly prominent.

He shut up the box and with a bang as an amative couple came into sight.

He was amative or constructive, and at the same time he not only possessed but liked to exercise lucidity of thought.

The natures of both are alike, and any—the least—exercise of the amative function is an injury to one as to the other.

Word Value for amative
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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