Definitions
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
Word origin
From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif.
Used in a sentence
“substantive information”
“In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.”
“Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial.”
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