Word: agentives
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
gen
tives
Definition: Plural of agentive. Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
Morphemes:
Affix: agent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: agēns
Language: la
Decoded: agens
PoS: Participle
Meaning: doing, acting, making
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.