adequative

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin adaequātivus, from Latin adaequō (“make equal to”). === Adjective === adequative (comparative more adequative, superlative most adequative) (rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate. ==== Derived terms ==== adequatively === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “adequative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.