[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elative \ela"tive\, a. gram.
   raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called
   the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree
   of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree
   may exist in other cases.
   1913 webster

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