·adj Causing privation; depriving.
II. Privative ·noun A privative prefix or suffix. ·see Privative, ·adj, 3.
III. Privative ·noun That of which the essence is the absence of something.
IV. Privative ·adj Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
V. Privative ·noun A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected;
— called also privative term.
VI. Privative ·adj Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles;
— applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (·Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.