n. An affix. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. formatif. ]
The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Gram.)
a. Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A formative letter at the beginning of a word. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. transformatif. ] Having power, or a tendency, to transform. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. vas a vessel + formative. ] (Physiol.) Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles;