Words
agentive
), ) or
▷ noun
agentive
(ˈeɪdʒəntɪv), agential
(eɪˈdʒɛnʃəl) or agentival
(ˈeɪdʒənˌtaɪvəl) grammar adjective
1 (in some inflected languages) denoting a case of nouns, etc, indicating the agent described by the verb
2 (of a speech element) indicating agency ■ '-er' in 'worker' is an agentive suffix
▷ noun
3
a the agentive case
b a word or element in the agentive case
ager
ager
(ˈeɪdʒə) noun
anything that produces the effects of age on another thing
Ageratum
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ageratum
(ˌædʒəˈreɪtəm) noun
any tropical American plant of the genus Ageratum, such as A. houstonianum and A. conyzoides, which have thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers
[C16: New Latin, via Latin from Greek agēraton that which does not age, from a-1 + gērat-, stem of gēras old age; the flowers of the plant remain vivid for a long time]