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    [Adjective]  | "nun*cu*pa*tive" | \ ˈnən-kyu̇-ˌpā-tiv \


    1: not written : oral


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Medieval Latin nuncupativus, from Late Latin, so-called, from Latin nuncupatus, past participle of nuncupare to name, probably ultimately from nomen name + capere to take {mat|name|}, {mat|heave:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "nuncupative" 


    1: made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing;


      * e.g., " ... the soldier left a nuncupative will that was witnessed by two of his comrades "





     [ "nuncupative" ]

    1: (of a will or testament) declared orally as opposed to in writing, especially by a mortally wounded soldier or sailor.

      * e.g.,  ... In case of my death. this should be considered as my last nuncupative statement. 

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