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propagative, a.|ˈprɒpəgeɪtɪv|
[f. L. ppl. stem prō-, propāgāt- (see propagate v.) + -ive.]
Having the quality of propagating; belonging to, characterized by, or tending to propagation.
1660Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 118 If the design of Loyola..were..propogative of the faith of Jesus. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. vii. 354 Every Man owes more of his Being to Almighty God than to his natural Parents, whose very Propagative Faculty was at first given..by the only virtue, efficacy, and energy of the Divine Commission and Institution. 1857Henfrey Bot. §876 In the Hepaticæ and Mosses the propagative structures do not yet arrive at the condition of buds. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. (ed. 2) 356 A church without propagative power in the world cannot be other than a calamity. |