Definition of positive

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Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.

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Alloxanate :: Alloxanate (n.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
Negative :: Negative (a.) Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation..
Zincode :: Zincode (n.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.
Ambreate :: Ambreate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Electro-positive.
Jural :: Jural (a.) Pertaining to natural or positive right.
Suppositor :: Suppositive (n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc..
Prepositive :: Prepositive (a.) Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle..
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .
Positive :: Positive (n.) The positive degree or form.
Residue :: Residue (n.) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues..
Assertion :: Assertion (n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced..
Amylate :: Amylate (n.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
Absinthate :: Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
Compare :: Compare (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing - er and -est to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing more and most, or less and least, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful..
Dogmatism :: Dogmatism (n.) The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
Positively :: Positively (adv.) In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
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