| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·ta·tive |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py  t -t v |
| ADJECTIVE: | Generally regarded as such; supposed. See synonyms at supposed. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French putatif, from Late Latin put t vus, from Latin putre, to prune, think. See pau-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | puta·tive·ly —ADVERB
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