substantivity

Direct dye an anionic dye having substantivity (see Substantivity) for cellulosic fibres

Chapter 4 1969

The word denotes two phenomena: first, something visible to the eye that is fixed and does not move, which is implied by the root geezh, and the inflection ik, which seems applicable to all inanimate substances, to denote the fact of their substantivity.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

The word denotes two phenomena: first, something visible to the eye that is fixed and does not move, which is implied by the root _geezh_, and the inflection _ik_, which seems applicable to all inanimate substances, to denote the fact of their substantivity.

Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828