incent : a big SOTA

[James Smith]

Whoops, the examples I gave are verb - adjective
pairs, not verb - noun pairs.

--- James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> invent - inventive
> abort - abortive
> react - reactive
> adapt - adaptive
> act - active
> etc.
>
> Then a whole group of words such as
> creat(e) - creative
>
> --- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >   Can anyone name another verb that, like
> "incent,"
> > is formed by dropping the "-ive" from a familiar
> > English noun ?
> >
> >   JL
> >
> > "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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> >
> > Minority opinion coming up!
> >
> > I prefer it to "incentivize" [shudder].
> >
> > -- Mark A. Mandel
> > [This text prepared with Dragon
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> >
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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