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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Formative \Form"a*tive\, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Formative \Form"a*tive\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: formative adj 1: relating to or characterized by formative effects or formation; "the formative arts" 2: susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years" 3: beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" [syn: {inchoative}] 4: (biology) capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone" 5: forming or capable of forming or molding; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn: {shaping}] n : minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
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