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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Generative \Gen"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. ``That generative particle.'' --Bentley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: generative adj 1: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: {productive}] [ant: {consumptive}] 2: producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: {procreative}, {reproductive}]
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