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Nov 30, 2009
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por•ta•tive



Pronunciation: (pôr'tu-tiv, pōr'-), [key]
adj.
1. capable of being carried; portable.
2. having or pertaining to the power or function of carrying.

n.
Also called por'tative or'gan. a small portable pipe organ used esp. during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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