abdĭcătīvus, a, um, adj. [abdĭco]. In later philos. lang. =negativus,
negative (opp. to dedicativus, affirmative ), Pseudo Cysp. Dogm. Plat. p. 30 Elm. (266 Ord.); Mart. Cap. 4, p. 121.—Adv.: abdĭcātīvē , negatively : concludere, Mart. Cap. 4, p. 128.