redditive

Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply.

Adjective

  1. Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply.
  2. Restorative; relating to the process of restoring.

Origin

From Latin redditivus.

Noun

  1. A word which answers an interrogative.
    • AN Interrogative and its Redditive (i. e. the Word which answers it) shall be of the same Case and Tense[.] - Shorter Examples; Or, Second Book of English Examples, to be Rendered Into Latin – Adapted to the Use of the...

Origin

From Latin redditivum.

Forms

redditives