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  Elative \E*la"tive\, a. (Gram.)
     Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called
     the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree
     of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree
     may exist in other cases.
     [1913 Webster]

  Elative \E*la"tive\, a. (Gram.)
     Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called
     the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree
     of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree
     may exist in other cases.

  elative
     n.
     (c en Semitic linguistics) In Semitic languages, the “adjective
  degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts
  of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a
  single form, the '''elative'''. How this form is understood or
  translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of
  comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
     n.
     (lb en grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases,
  expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból
  (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In
  Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or
  "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often
  conveyed by the word '''"about"'''.

  elative
     n.
     (c en Semitic linguistics) In Semitic languages, the “adjective
  degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts
  of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a
  single form, the '''elative'''. How this form is understood or
  translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of
  comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
     n.
     (lb en grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases,
  expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból
  (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In
  Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or
  "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often
  conveyed by the word '''"about"'''.

  elative
     n.
     (c en Semitic linguistics) In Semitic languages, the “adjective
  degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts
  of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a
  single form, the '''elative'''. How this form is understood or
  translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of
  comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
     n.
     (lb en grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases,
  expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból
  (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In
  Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or
  "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often
  conveyed by the word '''"about"'''.

  elative
     n.
     (c en Semitic linguistics) In Semitic languages, the “adjective
  degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts
  of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a
  single form, the '''elative'''. How this form is understood or
  translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of
  comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
     n.
     (lb en grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases,
  expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból
  (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In
  Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or
  "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often
  conveyed by the word '''"about"'''.

  Elative
     Tyska n.
     (böjning de subst Elativ)

  elative /ɪlˈatɪv/
  elativní

  elative /ɪlˈatɪv/
  Elativ  [ling.]

  elative //ɪˈleɪtɪv// 
  1. elatiivi
  elative degree of an adjective
  2. elatiivi, sisäeronto
  elative case of a noun

  elative //ɪˈleɪtɪv// 
  出格
  elative case of a noun