expective

== English == === Etymology === From expect +‎ -ive. === Adjective === expective (comparative more expective, superlative most expective) expectative (linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action. === References === “expective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === exceptive