Elative

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

  Elative \E*la"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]