per·for·ma·tive (pr-fôrm-tv)
adj.
Relating to or being an utterance that peforms an act or creates a state of
affairs by the fact of its being uttered under appropriate or conventional
circumstances, as a justice of the peace uttering I now pronounce you husband
and wife at a wedding
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per·for·ma·tive (pr-fôrm-tv)
adj
