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(), a.[Cf. F. formatif.] 1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. Bentley. 2. (Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative. 3. (Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter. Form"ative n.(Gram.) (a) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word. (b) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root. スポンサード リンク
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