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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, a. [F. d['e]monstratif, L. demonstrativus.] 1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. ``Demonstrative figures.'' --Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. --Hooker. 2. Expressing, or apt to express, much displaying feeling or sentiment; as her nature was demonstrative. 3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. ``Demonstrative eloquence.'' --Blair. {Demonstrative pronoun} (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, n. (Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun; as ``this'' and ``that'' are demonstratives. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: demonstrative adj 1: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family" [ant: {undemonstrative}] 2: serving to demonstrate [syn: {illustrative}] n : a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: {demonstrative pronoun}]
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