requestive

English

Etymology

From request +‎ -ive.

Adjective

requestive (comparative more requestive, superlative most requestive)

  1. (linguistics) Of, pertaining to, or for the purpose of making requests.

Noun

requestive (plural requestives)

  1. (pragmatics) A speech act that solicits actions or information.
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