portative[adjective]Synonyms: portable, carriageable, transportable
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portative adjective & noun.
['pɔ:tǝtɪv] LME.[Old & mod. French portatif, -ive app. alt. of portatil, formed as PORTATILE: see -IVE.]A. adjective.
1. Portable;
spec. designating a kind of small pipe-organ (cf.
positive organ s.v.
POSITIVE adjective). Now chiefly
Hist. LME.2. Having the function of carrying or supporting.
L19.b. noun. A portative organ. Usu. in
pl. obsolete exc.
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