DEBATIVE

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ETYMOLOGY
from debate (vb.) + -ive

EXAMPLE
From: A Fuller Answer to a Treatise 
Written by Doctor Ferne, 1642
An Answer to a Treatise Entituled The Revolving of Conscience upon this Question,
Whether upon such a supposition, or Case as now usually made (The King will not
discharge his trust, &c.)