a. [f. L. type *commissīv-us (cf. promissīvus), f. commiss- ppl. stem of committĕre to COMMIT: See -IVE.] Characterized by commission or active agency.
1816. Coleridge, Rem. (1836), I. 389. Renders me justly responsible for my actions, omissive as well as commissive. Ibid. (1822), Lett., Convers, etc., II. 165. Any form of disrespect, omissive or commissive.
1847. C. G. Addison, Contracts, II. i. § 1 (1883), 243. A tenant … guilty of commissive waste.
