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de.scrip.tive \-'skrip-tiv\ aj 1: serving to describe {a ~ account}  2: 
   referring to, constituting, or grounded in matters of observation or ex 
   perience of a modifying word  3a: expressing the quality, kind, or 
   condition of what is denoted by the m odified term {hot in "hot water" is a 
   ~ adjective} 3b: NONRESTRICTIVE  4: of, relating to, or dealing with the 
   structure of a language at a parti cular time usu. with exclusion of 
   historical and comparative data {~ linguistics} - de.scrip.tive.ly av