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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, a. [F. d['e]monstratif, L.
     demonstrativus.]
     1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to
        demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or
        conclusively. ``Demonstrative figures.'' --Dryden.
  
              An argument necessary and demonstrative. --Hooker.
  
     2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or
        sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
  
     3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. ``Demonstrative
        eloquence.'' --Blair.
  
     {Demonstrative pronoun} (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly
        designating that to which it refers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, n. (Gram.)
     A demonstrative pronoun; as, ``this'' and ``that'' are
     demonstratives.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demonstrative
       adj 1: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an
              affectionate and demonstrative family" [ant: {undemonstrative}]
       2: serving to demonstrate [syn: {illustrative}]
       n : a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: {demonstrative
           pronoun}]

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