Definition of primitive

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Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..

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Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
Archi- :: Archi- () A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing..
Radix :: Radix (n.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon..
Enchyma :: Enchyma (n.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed..
Primitively :: Primitively (adv.) Originally; at first.
Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..
Integration :: Integration (n.) The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral.
Root :: Root (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical..
Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced..
Protomorphic :: Protomorphic (a.) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue..
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress..
Pristinate :: Pristinate (a.) Pristine; primitive.
Proto- :: Proto- () A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan..
Protosomite :: Protosomite (n.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Perienteron :: Perienteron (n.) The primitive perivisceral cavity.
Ranter :: Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt..
Nephridium :: Nephridium (n.) A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.
Aboriginal :: Aboriginal (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America..
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