Frequentative Definition
frē-kwĕntə-tĭv
adjective
Expressing frequent and repeated action.
Webster's New World
noun
A frequentative verb.
“sparkle” is a frequentative of “spark”
Webster's New World
(grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
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Other Word Forms of Frequentative
Noun
Singular:
frequentative
Plural:
frequentativesOrigin of Frequentative
Latin frequentātīvus from frequentātus past participle of frequentāre to repeat from frequēns frequent- frequent
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Late Latin frequentativus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). Morphologically as if frequent + -ative. Akin to frequent.
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