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Definition of Formative

Formative
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.
Formative
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.

Meaning of Formative from wikipedia

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- emergence of the organism by the actions of a vis essentialis (an organizing, formative force). Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869) later developed the theory of Odic...