reˈtextive,a.Logic. [f. L. retext-, ppl. stem of retexĕre(seeprec.) + -ive.] Synthetical. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 295 Method, is either contextiue, or retextiue.1850Baynes tr.Port-Royal Logic (1851) p. xxx, Analysis and synthesis (termed in it the contextive and retextive methods).