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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·lec·tro-pos·i·tive, n. Chem. & Physics A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·lec·tro-pos·i·tive a.
 1. Physics Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative.
 Note:An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.
 2. Chem. Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 electropositive
      adj : having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive"
            [syn: positive] [ant: negative, neutral]