Thesaurus: formative

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1. a. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
2. a. Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
3. a. Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
4. n. That which word/serves">serves word/merely">merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
5. n. A word word/formed">formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
6. adj. capable of forming new cells and tissues
7. adj. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
8. n. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
9. 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. (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.
10. Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a terminationmerely formative.
11. j:100 n. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function s. capable of forming new cells and tissues s. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning