comitative

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adjective

com·​i·​ta·​tive

ˈkäməˌtātiv,

-tət-

: expressing accompaniment

comitative case

comitative

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noun

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plural -s

linguistics

: a comitative inflectional form or set of inflectional forms

especially : a comitative case

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin comitatus + English -ive

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