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Posted By: wwh saltant - 07/01/03 01:48 PM
There was a word new to me in the definition:"frequentative".
frequentative
adj.
5L frequentativus < frequentare, to frequent6 Gram. expressing frequent and repeated action
n.
Gram. a frequentative verb !“sparkle” is a frequentative of “spark”"
Reminds me of a ribald tale available by PM.

Posted By: Faldage Re: frequentative - 07/02/03 11:09 AM
Sounds like a linguistic term.

Posted By: w_halbert Re: frequentative - 07/03/03 04:24 PM
Linguistic term/example:

'rogito: frequentative form of rogo (1), "I ask for;" thus "I keep asking for" '

Warren Halbert
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: frequentative - 07/14/03 12:02 AM
rogito

I've been called that before...

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