agentive

  1. Adjective.  (linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
  2. Adjective.  (linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
  3. Noun.  (linguistics) A word having this construction.

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