a. rare. [f. abnegāt- ppl. stem of abnegāre (see ABNEGATE) + -IVE, as if ad. L. *abnegātīvus.] Of or belonging to abnegation; denying; renouncing: negative.
Not in Craig, 1847; Webster cites Clarke.
1839. Monthly Rev., CL. Dec., 562. The abnegative of individual will in behalf of right and real independence, for fear of incuring the despotic persecution of the public.
1874. W. B. B[aines], Narr. Edward Crewe, v. 87. She is quiescent, and regards her husband with an abnegative kind of smile on her handsome brown face.
