De*mon"stra*tive , n.
(Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun;
as, "this" and "that" are
demonstratives.
De*mon"stra*tive (?), a.
[F. démonstratif, L. demonstrativus.]
1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to
demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly
or conclusively.
"Demonstrative figures."
Dryden.
An argument necessary and demonstrative.
Hooker. 2. Expressing,
or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
3. Consisting of eulogy or of
invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair.
Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.),
a pronoun distinctly designating that
to which it
refers.
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