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Dec 24, 2024
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disject
equative
zygomorphic
excubant
forswunk

equative
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equative

PRONUNCIATION:
(EK-wuh-tiv)

MEANING:
adjective: Expressing identity or a degree of comparison.
noun: A case in some languages indicating equivalence or similarity between two things.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aequare (to make equal). Earliest documented use: 1913.

USAGE:
“‘That behavior becomes very normalized for them because of the environment that they’re in, because everyone’s doing it,’ [Lori Goins] said. ‘It’s almost equative to an ER doctor, where everything is intense and in crisis.’”
Amy Bartner; Why One of the City’s Top Bartenders Stopped Drinking; Indianapolis Star (Indiana); Apr 16, 2017.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Where it is a duty to worship the sun, it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. -John Morley, statesman and writer (24 Dec 1838-1923)

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