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nuncupative

nun·cu·pa·tive [ núngkyə pàytiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
made orally: given or declared orally by somebody making a will, and written down later by somebody else

[Mid-16th century. < late Latin nuncupativus< Latin nuncupare "name, declare" < nomen "name" + capere "to take"]
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