Definition of positive

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Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.

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Ambreate :: Ambreate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Characteristic :: Characteristic (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Asseverate :: Asseverate (v. t.) To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity..
Violation :: Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc..
Oppositive :: Oppositive (a.) Capable of being put in opposition.
Dogmatize :: Dogmatize (v. i.) To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Negative :: Negative (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.
Suppositive :: Suppositive (a.) Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed..
Downright :: Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way..
Statute :: Statute (n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a..
Dogmatical :: Dogmatical (a.) Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing..
Dislike :: Dislike (n.) A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness..
Memory :: Memory (n.) The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong..
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact..
Cation :: Cation (n.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion..
Positive :: Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Amylate :: Amylate (n.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
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