positive

positive adj

ME positif < Fr. < L. pōněre, place, put, lay down.

1. Believable; plausible; real; genuine; authentic; actual; perceptible; tangible; audible.
2. Explicit; expressed; stated; declared; natural; inherent; fundamental; primary; principal.
3. Sure; certain; confident; convinced; fully assured.

positive n

see positive, adj.

1. Prescription; injunction; decree; edict; law; certainty; surety; [fig.] meaning; message; indication; connotation; interpretation.