injunctive

injunctive
I. \\-ŋ(k)tiv\ adjective
Etymology: Latin injunctus + English -ive
1.
a. : constituting an order, prohibition, or admonition : enjoining

this injunctive maxim — C.H.Hamburg

b. : constituting a mood or set of verb forms usually with imperative, optative, or subjunctive meaning
2. : of or relating to a legal injunction

injunctive relief was not available to the state — New Republic

an injunctive order

II. noun (-s)
: the injunctive grammatical mood or a verbal form expressing it

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • injunctive — 1620s, from L. injunct , pp. stem of injungere (see ENJOIN (Cf. enjoin)) + IVE (Cf. ive). As a term in grammar, from 1910 …   Etymology dictionary

  • injunctive — noun a) A verbal mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually looked like an augmentless aorist or imperfect. b) A verbal lexeme in injunctive mood …   Wiktionary

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  • injunctive relief — A court ordered act or prohibition against an act that has been requested in a petition to the court for an injunction. Usually injunctive relief is granted only after a hearing at which both sides have an opportunity to present testimony and… …   Law dictionary

  • Injunctive mood — The injunctive mood was a mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually looked like an augmentless aorist or imperfect. It typically stood in a main clause and had a subjunctive or imperative meaning; for example …   Wikipedia

  • injunctive — adjective see injunction …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • injunctive — См. ingiuntivo …   Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • injunctive — See injunction. * * * …   Universalium

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