a. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alterativus: cf. F. altératif. ] Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a confederation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I love to be considerative. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Operating jointly to the same end. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cooperative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. --
Cooperative store, a store established by a cooperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deliberativus: cf. F. délibératif. ] Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. [ 1913 Webster ]

A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desiderativus. ] Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An object of desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. énumératif. ] Counting, or reckoning up, one by one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enumerative of the variety of evils. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. Stormonth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. “Exaggerative language.” Geddes. “Exaggerative pictures.” W. J. Linton.

-- Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly, adv. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

a. Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fédératif. ] Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. “A federative society.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. génératif. ] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. “That generative particle.” Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. impératif. See Perade, and cf. Empire. ] 1. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

The suit of kings are imperative. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) Expressive of command, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an imperative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + operative. ] Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

a. [ L. iterativus: cf. F. itératif. ] Repeating. Cotgrave. -- It"er*a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accompanied by or characterized by maceration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or serving to obliterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.L. operativus, F. opératif. ] 1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive; operative laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

It holds in all operative principles. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; effective; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Surg.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who acts as an agent of another, especially a detective or spy. [ PJC ]

adv. In an operative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. recuperativus, recuperatorius. ] Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réfrigératif. ] Cooling; allaying heat. -- n. A refrigerant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to regenerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Gram.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.F. rémun&unr_;ratif. ] Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. retro- + generative. ] Begetting young by retrocopulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective. [ 1913 Webster ]

This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. temperativus soothing. ] Having power to temper. [ R. ] T. Granger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing no effect; inoperative. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. -- Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]