invasive
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
government
medicine
military
natural-sciences
pathology
politics
sciences
surgery
war
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁én
The adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”), from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Inflected forms:
form: more invasive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most invasive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: invasives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.
pos: adj
examples: The Spanyards called their invaſive fleete againſt England the Navie Invincible, yet it was overcome.
Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?
[…] The Parliaments Forces, neither would, nor lawfully might in point of Law or Conſcience forcibly reſiſt or repulſe their invaſive Armes, without danger or High Treaſon and Rebellion, […]
[T]he Sheriffe, or any of his Officers, for the better execution of Juſtice, may carry handguns or other weapons invaſive or defenſive, […]
gloss: That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: He managed to get back Lorraine; made truce with the Hungarians, who were excessively invasive at that time. Truce with the Hungarians; and then, having gathered strength, made dreadful beating of them; two beatings,—one to each half, for the invasive Savagery had split itself, for better chance of plunder; […]
gloss: Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: It's wrong of me to ask such an invasive question when I keep so many secrets hidden from you.
gloss: Originating externally.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: All invasive moral states and passionate enthusiasms make one feelingless to evil in some direction.
gloss: Of an organism: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: an invasive species
gloss: Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: The natural evolution of minimally invasive surgery has taken the surgeon to new heights and has extended the breadth of laparoscopic surgery to include procedures of the colon.
gloss: Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: Two patients developed cancer in the upper urinary tract, and 3 eventually developed invasive cancer.
gloss: An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant.
pos: noun
examples: Is there ever a time to plant invasives—plants that are known to spread—in the garden? I believe the answer is a qualified "yes." There is never a time to plant exotic, that is non-native, invasives. Exotic invasives such as pampas grass and French and Scottish broom were sold by local nurseries in the past, before their destructive nature was understood. […] Native invasive plants are another story: there are situations in which they can be both practical and desirable.
Derived words: angioinvasive
anti-invasive
bioinvasive
chemoinvasive
enteroinvasive
erythroinvasive
hyperinvasive
hypoinvasive
invasive carp
invasive exotic
invasively
invasiveness
invasive species
invasivity
invasivore
invasivorism
microinvasive
miniinvasive
minimally invasive
myoinvasive
neuroinvasive
noninvasive
non-invasive
panvasive
pharmacoinvasive
postinvasive
preinvasive
proinvasive
pseudoinvasive
uninvasive
uninvasively
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