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concessive
CIDE DICTIONARY
concessive, a. [L. concessivus.].
Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
concessive, adj.
1 of or tending to concession.
2 Gram. a (of a preposition or conjunction) introducing a phrase or clause which might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g. in spite of, although). b (of a phrase or clause) introduced by a concessive preposition or conjunction.
1 of or tending to concession.
2 Gram. a (of a preposition or conjunction) introducing a phrase or clause which might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g. in spite of, although). b (of a phrase or clause) introduced by a concessive preposition or conjunction.
Etymology
LL concessivus (as concede)
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