alimentative,a.rare.|ælɪˈmɛntətɪv| [f. L. alimentātppl. stem of alimentā-re(see aliment v.) + -ive.] Connected with the supply of aliment. 1881Huxley in NatureNo. 615. 346 Abnormal states of the physiological units..[or] of their co-ordinating and alimentative machinery.