Word Meaning

formative definition and meaning

a. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
a. Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
a. Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
n. That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
n. A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.

Crossword clues for formative

- Influential, determinative