formativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːmətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrmədɪv/

Etymology: < Old French formatif, -ive (12th cent.), as if < Latin *formātīvus , < formāre to form: see -ive suffix.

A. adj.

1. Having the faculty of forming or fashioning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > having the ability or power to create or creative

formative1490

factive1535

constitutive1592

plastical1615

forming1644

plastic1646

elaborative1845

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 64 The arteres formatyue of speche were stopped wythin hym.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor Pref. B iv The formatiue power of the Parents.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 74 All other creatures rising up, as bubbles..so soon as the formative Word of God..fell..on the face of the great deep.

1824 Examiner 451/2 Associations formative of lasting mind and character.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species viii. 246 The formative organs themselves are perfect in structure.

2. Of or pertaining to formation or moulding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaping or able to shape > relating to

formative1850

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §346. 417 The formative art.

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 256 The formative processes of plant-life.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 46 The early formative period of the Christian church.

3. Biology and Pathology. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > substance > [adjective] > forming

histogenetic1844

histomorphotic1853

histotrophic1867

formative1877

1877 A. W. Bennett tr. O. W. Thomé Text-bk. Struct. & Physiol. Bot. ii. 41 A special tissue to which the names formative or generating tissue and meristem have been given.

1894 Duane Student's Dict. Med. Formative, producing, or attended with the production of, new tissue.

4. Grammar. Serving to form words: said chiefly of flexional and derivational suffixes or prefixes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to affixes

formative1711

affixal1861

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 186 The formative Terminations.

1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 3 338 The use of formative syllables.

1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence xviii. 211 To get at the root of a word we must remove all the formative elements.

B. n.

Grammar. A formative element (see A. 4); also ‘a word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root’ (W.); (cf. derivative n. 2). Also gen., a formative agent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix

adjectiona1325

affix1600

servile1668

afformative1795

formative1816

particle1868

formant1935

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > a guide or formative agent

guidea1500

formative1907

1816 Q. Rev. 15 363 The element or formative, he seems to think, is employed to express the thing which modifies or connects itself with the idea suggested by the primitive.

1865 J. Davies Temporal Augment 31 In this language prefixed particles or augments are used as verbal formatives.

1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. iv That essential formative of character, east wind.

1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form i. 8 A unit of formation, commonly called (allo-) morph in America and morpheme in Europe (outside Copenhagen), and for which the present writer has proposed the term formative.

1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax i. 3 The rules that specify the well-formed strings of minimal syntactically functioning units (formatives).

1965 B. M. H. Strang Metaphors & Models 18 In the first stage a terminal string is generated by applying an ordered set of rules, the formula F, to some of a finite repertoire or set, Σ, of formatives.

Derivatives

ˈformatively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adverb] > in formative manner

formatively1654

1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xxxvii. 254 That which he introduced out of the deity into the humanity, that is, neither nature, nor creature, yet in our humanity formatively.

ˈformativeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > fashioning, shaping, or forming

shapinga1350

forming1401

formationc1450

fashion1463

plasmation?a1475

framing1551

frame1558

fashioning1574

plasmating1585

fiction1607

effection1623

formature1659

efficiency1665

formativeness1849

styling1928

1849 Fraser's Mag. 39 664 These are the pure links of nature, wholly innocent of human formativeness.

1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 318 ‘Having or holding’, S. Paul says, a ‘formativeness of godliness’ [2 Tim. iii. 5 μόρϕωσιν].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	formative
释义	formativeadj.n. Brit. /ˈfɔːmətɪv/, U.S. /ˈfɔrmədɪv/ Etymology: < Old French formatif, -ive (12th cent.), as if < Latin formātīvus , < formāre* to form: see -ive suffix. A. adj. 1. Having the faculty of forming or fashioning. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > having the ability or power to create or creative formative1490 factive1535 constitutive1592 plastical1615 forming1644 plastic1646 elaborative1845 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 64 The arteres formatyue of speche were stopped wythin hym. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor Pref. B iv The formatiue power of the Parents. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 74 All other creatures rising up, as bubbles..so soon as the formative Word of God..fell..on the face of the great deep. 1824 Examiner 451/2 Associations formative of lasting mind and character. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species viii. 246 The formative organs themselves are perfect in structure. 2. Of or pertaining to formation or moulding. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaping or able to shape > relating to formative1850 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §346. 417 The formative art. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 256 The formative processes of plant-life. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 46 The early formative period of the Christian church. 3. Biology and Pathology. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > [adjective] > forming histogenetic1844 histomorphotic1853 histotrophic1867 formative1877 1877 A. W. Bennett tr. O. W. Thomé Text-bk. Struct. & Physiol. Bot. ii. 41 A special tissue to which the names formative or generating tissue and meristem have been given. 1894 Duane Student's Dict. Med. Formative, producing, or attended with the production of, new tissue. 4. Grammar. Serving to form words: said chiefly of flexional and derivational suffixes or prefixes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to affixes formative1711 affixal1861 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 186 The formative Terminations. 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 3 338 The use of formative syllables. 1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence xviii. 211 To get at the root of a word we must remove all the formative elements. B. n. Grammar. A formative element (see A. 4); also ‘a word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root’ (W.); (cf. derivative n. 2). Also gen., a formative agent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix adjectiona1325 affix1600 servile1668 afformative1795 formative1816 particle1868 formant1935 society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > a guide or formative agent guidea1500 formative1907 1816 Q. Rev. 15 363 The element or formative, he seems to think, is employed to express the thing which modifies or connects itself with the idea suggested by the primitive. 1865 J. Davies Temporal Augment 31 In this language prefixed particles or augments are used as verbal formatives. 1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. iv That essential formative of character, east wind. 1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form i. 8 A unit of formation, commonly called (allo-) morph in America and morpheme in Europe (outside Copenhagen), and for which the present writer has proposed the term formative. 1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax i. 3 The rules that specify the well-formed strings of minimal syntactically functioning units (formatives). 1965 B. M. H. Strang Metaphors & Models 18 In the first stage a terminal string is generated by applying an ordered set of rules, the formula F, to some of a finite repertoire or set, Σ, of formatives. Derivatives ˈformatively adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adverb] > in formative manner formatively1654 1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xxxvii. 254 That which he introduced out of the deity into the humanity, that is, neither nature, nor creature, yet in our humanity formatively. ˈformativeness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > fashioning, shaping, or forming shapinga1350 forming1401 formationc1450 fashion1463 plasmation?a1475 framing1551 frame1558 fashioning1574 plasmating1585 fiction1607 effection1623 formature1659 efficiency1665 formativeness1849 styling1928 1849 Fraser's Mag. 39 664 These are the pure links of nature, wholly innocent of human formativeness. 1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 318 ‘Having or holding’, S. Paul says, a ‘formativeness of godliness’ [2 Tim. iii. 5 μόρϕωσιν]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1490
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