positif
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of positif
from French: positive
Example Sentences
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Mauvaise Nouvelle EBOLA: Le Mali vient d'enregistrer son premier cas positif.
From Time • Oct. 23, 2014
Cette règle fait désormais partie du droit positif.
From The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
That both Ch�teaubriand and Lamartine belong rather to the imaginative than to the positif class, cannot be denied; but they are renowned throughout the world, and France is proud of them.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
Dieu est le superlatif, dont le positif est lhomme, says Carl Vogt; meaning, that the popular idea of a numen is that of a magnified and non-natural man.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
And therefore positif lawe and swich decree Is broke al-day for love, in ech degree.
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
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