different between absolutive vs absolutise

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?bs?lo?o't?v, IPA^(key): /?æbs??lu?t?v/

Adjective

absolutive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
2. (rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
   • 1986, Young Yun Kim, Interethnic communication: current research (Sage Publications, Inc):

     (1) Absolution: The speaker says the act was not what was understood, and that it did not occur as charged anyway. [...] His repeated denials should be viewed as an absolutive strategy in which the facts themselves are disputed, [...]

   • 1991, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Spiritual Intimacy: A Study of Counseling in Hasidism (Jason Aronson):

     [...], the forgiving process is easier because the full cathartic effect, in all its absolutive power, comes into play after a heightened awareness of sinfulness.

   • 1992, Beth Ingold, Essays in presidential rhetoric (Kendall Hunt Pub Co):

     The absolutive appeal is exemplified in two Nixon statements. […] Absolution is a posture designed to clear fully the accused party from any hint of wrongdoing. […]

Translations

Noun

absolutive (plural absolutives)

1. (grammar) The absolutive grammatical case, or a phrase that uses it.
2. (grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.

English

Etymology

absolute +? -ise

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?.lu.ta?z/, /?æb.s?.lju.ta?z/

Verb

absolutise (third-person singular simple present absolutises, present participle absolutising, simple past and past participle absolutised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of absolutize.[First attested in the mid 20th century.]

Derived terms

• absolutisation

References

Anagrams

• basisolute, subisolate