configurativeadj.
/kənˈfɪɡjʊərətɪv/ Of or pertaining to configuration. In first quot. perhaps f. con- prefix + figurative adj.
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figured?a1513
figurate1530
figurative1589
schematical1679
configurative1787
troped1922
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaping or able to shape
informativea1398
shaping1398
forging1593
plastical1615
effigiating1616
plastic1624
forming1644
efformative1647
plasmatical1647
plasmatic1651
moulding1665
fashionative1693
modelizing1716
configurating1808
configurative1817
formatory1868
crystallizing1883
configurational1969
1787 Gentleman's Mag. Supp. 1164/1 Substitute for taste the configurative words approbation or pleasure (which change every metaphorical question ought to bear).
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) 52 The ideas are themselves..nothing more than their appropriate configurative vibrations.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) 57 Those diminished copies of configurative motion.
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