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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fictive \Fic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. fictif.] Feigned; counterfeit. ``The fount of fictive tears.'' --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fictive adj 1: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {false}, {fictitious}, {pretended}, {put on}, {sham}] 2: capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent"
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