Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
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- adjective Tending to
reserve orkeep .
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Examples
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A census is said to be reservative when a person transfers the property to another, keeping only the right to an annual revenue for himself.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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