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  1. statives: Collins English Dictionary
  2. statives: Wiktionary
  3. statives: Dictionary.com
  4. statives: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See stative as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stative)

adjective:  (grammar) Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property or status.
adjective:  (military, obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
noun:  (grammar) A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.
▸ Also see stative


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