"Positive" is a word in ENGLISH
That which settles by absolute appointment.
Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled
by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in
position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a
negative.
Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative,
and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly
expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or
promise.
Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in
fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a
positive voice in legislation.
Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition,
qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or
probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience;
peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive
truth; positive proof.
Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes,
overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on
changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative;
as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different
tastes individuals.
Corresponding with the original in respect to the
position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades
reversed; as, a positive picture.
The positive degree or form.
Electro-positive.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
Read the complete definitionTo assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
Read the complete definitionPositive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are …
Read the complete definitionThe doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because …
Read the complete definitionThe positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.
Read the complete definitionBelow, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
Read the complete definitionbikil v {1} [A; c1] nudge, move s.t. out of its position. Kinsay nagbikil sa kwadru nga naharag man? Who …
Read the complete definitionAn electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion.
Read the complete definitionAgainst, confronting, opposite to; on the other hand; on the contrary. The word is used in many Latin phrases, as …
Read the complete definitionNegative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
Read the complete definitionIn a fronting or facing position; opposingly.
Read the complete definitionlingkúbaw = lintúbaw. lingkud v {1} [A1; b6(1)] sit down. Ayaw ug lingkúri nang syáha kay basà pa ang pintal, …
Read the complete definitionThe act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or …
Read the complete definitionThat side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the …
Read the complete definitionIn the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.
Read the complete definitionSituated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; …
Read the complete definitionIn its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; …
Read the complete definitionBeing on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or …
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