Meaning & use
Automative
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A rare, largely archaic word meaning self-moving or self-propelling.
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Early engineers described the horseless carriage as an automative vehicle, a term later replaced by "automotive."
The patent described an automative mechanism that required no external push to start moving.
A note on using this word
"Automative" was an early variant that gave way to the now-standard "automotive" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Words with a similar meaning
self-propelling
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