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(), a.[F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products. 2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. Spectator. 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- Produc"tively, adv. -- Produc"tiveness, n. スポンサード リンク
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