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 Meaning of EXPOSITIVE
| Pronunciation: |  | ik'spâzitiv 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [adj]  serving to expound or set fourth; "clean expository writing" |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | expository, informative, instructive |  |  |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Ex*pos"i*tive\, a.
Serving to explain; expository. --Bp. Pearson.
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