English Explanatory Dictionary

emptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Responding to or acting to counteract something when it happens (rather than beforehand).

Word forms

emptive more emptive most emptive

Etymology

Back-formation from preemptive.

Synonyms

reactive
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