"traditive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more traditive [comparative], most traditive [superlative]
Etymology: From tradere, traditum (“to transmit, give up”). Compare French traditif. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|traditif}} French traditif Head templates: {{en-adj}} traditive (comparative more traditive, superlative most traditive)
  1. (archaic) Transmitted or transmissible from parent to child, or from older to younger generations, by oral communication; traditional. Tags: archaic
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