Portative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Portable.
  • adj. Capable of or used in carrying.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. portable
  • adj. Capable of holding up or carrying.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Portable.
  • adj. Capable of holding up or carrying.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Portable; easily carried.
  • Of or pertaining to carrying or the power of carrying: as, a “portative memory,”
  • n. Same as portative organ (which see, under organ).
    • Word Usage
    "The painting portrays Renaissance instruments with great accuracy: a tenor or alto shawm, a precursor of the English horn; a Gothic harp; a brass trumpet; a portative organ; a vielle, an early form of violin; a soprano or treble shawm, a distant forerunner of the oboe; a lute; three recorders; a dulcimer being struck by a light hammer; and a harp."
    Cross Reference
    portative organ    portative force of a magnet   
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