a. [a. F. auditif, -ive, f. L. audīt- ppl. stem of audīre to hear: see -IVE.] Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing; auditory.
1611. Cotgr., Auditif, auditiue, of a hearing propertie or facultie.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., I. x. (1678), 15. That [spirit] which is conveyed to the Auditory passage, is called the Auditive or Hearing.
1880. Le Conte, Monoc. Vision, 10. The 8th pair—auditive nerve—is specially organized to respond to sound-vibrations.
