agentival

adjective

agen·ti·val | \¦ā-jən-¦tī-vəl\

variants: or agentive \ˈā-jən-tiv \

Definition of agentival

: expressive of an agent or of agency : denoting the performer of an action agentive nouns an agentive suffix

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