a. Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment;
If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. Bagehot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. unitivus: cf. F. unitif. ] Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a unitive manner. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]