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applicative, a.|ˈæplɪkeɪtɪv, -ətɪv|
[f. L. applicāt- (see applicate) + -ive: cf. Fr. applicatif.]
Having the attribute of application.
1. Characterized by being put into actual or effective contact with anything.
1680Morden Geog. Rect. (1685) 280 All Measures..are either Applicative or Receptive. The smallest Applicative Measure is a Barley corn. 1723W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. (1727) 196 Applicative Measures, or Things measured outwardly. 1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 289 We wring from our souls their applicative strength, And bend to the cord the strong bow of our ken.
2. Of or pertaining to putting into practice; practical.
1638Penit. Conf. viii. (1657) 226 The Priest..absolveth from sin, 1. applicative, 2. and dispositive. a1703Burkitt On N.T. Matt. xxvi. 75 The remembrance of Christ's words, was an applicative and feeling remembrance of them. 1862in Lond. Rev. 23 Aug. 170 His genius is wholly applicative, for he invents nothing.
†3. Relative; practical as opposed to formal.
1668H. More Div. Dial. i. §15 II. 64, I did not mean Succession in that proper and formal sense, but only a virtual, applicative or relative Succession. |