reservative
Tending to reserve or keepTending to reserve or keep; Involving the holding of something in reserve.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Tending to reserve or keep; Involving the holding of something in reserve.
(not comparable)Expressing reservation; indicating a qualification or doubt.
(not comparable)Pertaining to a form of transfer of real estate, in Spanish and South American law, where full ownership is granted to another person but where the new owner must pay the original owner an annual fee for rights to the land.
(not comparable)Denoting an action that puts the object of the sentence into a state in which it remains.
Origin
From reserve + -ative.From reserve + -ative.
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