Definition of primitive

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Primitive (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar..

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Archiblastula :: Archiblastula (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula..
Archenteron :: Archenteron (n.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Xerophagy :: Xerophagy (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts..
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..
Primitive :: Primitive (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
Protosomite :: Protosomite (n.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal..
Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
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..
Fontal :: Fontal (a.) Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive..
Radically :: Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.
Desiderative :: Desiderative (n.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb..
Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
Etymon :: Etymon (n.) An original form; primitive word; root.
Ectental :: Ectental (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the ectental line or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum..
Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..
Radical :: Radical (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
Pristinate :: Pristinate (a.) Pristine; primitive.
Archipterygium :: Archipterygium (n.) The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus..
Primity :: Primity (n.) Quality of being first; primitiveness.
Etymology :: Etymology (n.) That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning..
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