Ortive

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

  Ortive \Or"tive\, a. [L. ortivus, fr. oriri, ortus, to rise: cf.
     F. ortive.]
     Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the
     ortive amplitude of a planet.
     [1913 Webster]