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aggregative, a.|ˈægrɪˌgeɪtɪv|
[f. L. aggregāt- ppl. stem of aggregā-re (see aggregate a.) + -ive. Cf. late Fr. agrégatif, -ive.]
1. Of or pertaining to aggregation; collective.
1644Jessop Angel of Ephesus 8 Seven singular starres may signifie seven unites, whether singular or aggregative. 1661Bramhall Just Vind. iii. 44 We have heard of late of an aggregative treason..But never untill now of an aggregative schism. 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 126 An aggregative process like that which takes place in the setting of mortar.
2. Having the tendency to collect particulars into wholes; or particles into masses.
1713Notes to H. More's Death's Vis. 36 That Substance..shou'd cleave together, or have an aggregative Power. 1800Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 227 The aggregative affinity of bodies in promoting chemical union. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. 285 Fancy, or the aggregative and associative power.
3. Having the tendency to unite (oneself) or combine; associative, social.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iv. iv. (1871) 122 Crabbed old friend of men! it is his sociality, his aggregative nature.
4. quasi-n. = aggregate A 8.
1792Spelman Feuds (R.) Such customs as were in use either before the Conquest, or at the Conquest, or at any time since, in the disjunctive, not in the aggregative. |