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inventive [ɪnˈvent̬ɪv, Brit -tɪv] ADJ

inactive [ɪnˈæktɪv] ADJ

ineffective [ˌɪnɪˈfektɪv] ADJ, ineffectual [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃʊəl] ADJ

adjective [ˈædʒɪktɪv] N

detective [dɪˈtektɪv] N

directive [dɪˈrektɪv] N

objective [əbˈdʒektɪv] ADJ

defective [dɪˈfektɪv] ADJ

effective [ɪˈfektɪv] ADJ

1. effective (giving result):

effective remedy, worker
eficaz

2. effective (real):

effective
efetivo(-a)

3. effective (operative):

effective
vigente

4. effective (striking):

effective
de efeito

invention [ɪnˈvenʃn] N

1. invention (gadget):

invention
invenção f
invention
engenho m

2. invention no pl (creativity):

invention
criação f

investigate [ɪnˈvestɪgeɪt] VB trans

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inventiveness N no pl

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The "concubinus" might father children with women of the household, not excluding the wife (at least in invective).
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It mixes reflections on the passing of time, bitter derision, invective, and religious fervor.
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In poetry, archaic or regional speech, or invectives, the order of the compound verb elements can switch, and with them the position of the doubling pronoun will change.
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An insult ("injures") is defined as an outrageous express, terms of despise or invectives that do not charge any fact to the insulted person.
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It often served as a sort of kiosk upon which invective verse was posted.
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His speech is said to have contained invective; he shared the puritan objection to instrumental music in church services, and made a point of the dissoluteness of cathedral singing-men.
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This scathing invective was not allowed to be printed in the cardinal's lifetime, but it was no doubt widely circulated in manuscript and by repetition.
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Because museums also exist to preserve our cultural heritage, they have been on the receiving end of similar kinds of invective.
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The back and forth was very personal, and full of bitter invective, on both sides.
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He triumphed over insidious attacks of the secularists and coarser invectives of the atheists.
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