† efformativeadj.
Obsolete.
Formative, tending to form.
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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
1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 163/2 Δύναμις πλαστικὴ, is that efformative might in the seed that shapes the body in its growth.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 43 A plastic and efformative virtue.
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