Associations to the word «Stative»

Wiktionary

STATIVE, adjective. (grammar) asserting that a subject has a particular property
STATIVE, adjective. (military) (obsolete) (rare) Of or relating to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.

Dictionary definition

STATIVE, adjective. ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats