informativeadj.

Brit.

/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈfɔrmədɪv/

Forms: Middle English informatif, Middle English informatyf, Middle English–1500s informatiue, Middle English–1500s informatyue, 1600s– informative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin informativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin informativus formative, imparting form (frequently from early 13th cent. in British sources, in both medicine and philosophy), instructive (1620 in a British source) < classical Latin informāt- , past participial stem of informāre inform v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French informatif that gives a form, shaping (c1400), that serves to show or represent (1520), that imparts knowledge or communicates information (1939). Compare informatory adj.

†a. That forms or shapes something, esp. a child in the womb. Cf. inform v. 6a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 68 Kynde hete..fondiþ to schape membres of þe body of þe childe, & þat by myȝte & vertue of þe vertue informatif [L. vim informatiuam] of schapinge.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 53 [Teþez] ar gendred not only in childe hode bot in oþer agez for þai ar not gendred..of vertue first informatif [?c1425 Paris informatyf; L. informatiua] bot of nutrityue inducyng þe acte of the generatif.

1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxx. sig. Dviii If the head shalbe small, and necke greate, [this] declareth aboundaunce of matter, and hys superfluousnes, and the lacke also of the informatyue vertue.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. iv. f. 71^v/2 By..the matter seminall and humour of nourishing and feeding, kind heate that is closed within, doth shape the members of the bodie of the childe, and that by might and vertue informatiue of shaping.

b. That imbues with life or spirit; inspiring, animative. Cf. inform v. 8. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective]

life-giving1550

vivific1551

vivificative1575

vivificant1576

vital1590

informing1631

vivifical1632

vivifying1635

informative1642

animantative1655

enlivening1664

vivificatinga1688

animative1706

vitalizing1813

blood-giving1840

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F4^v Many put out their force informative In their ethereall corporeity, Devoid of heterogeneall organity.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. viii. 107 He seems to make it [sc. the soul] nothing else..but an Entelechia or Informative thing, which spends all its virtue upon that Matter which it informs.

a1699 J. Fraser Treat. conc. Justifying or Saving Faith (1722) ii. 22 Faith being an Act or Habit, is a certain Kind of Form to the Subject in which it is, or is informative of it.

1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism 141/2 By this union a world-soul was created which vitalises and regulates all things. Claudian in his Idyl of the Magnet uses it as a symbol of the informative spirit of things.

1982 J. J. E. Gracia tr. F. Suarez Suarez On Individuation vi. 126 If the same soul can naturally inform various matters at different times, this is a sign that its informative power or aptitude to inform is not related as an adequate term to numerically this matter.

†2. Law. Of the nature of or relating to an information (information n. 5). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > of or relating to information

informative1593

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) ii. viii. 72 These and like inducements doe serue to ground the processe informatiue: so doe they no lesse, euen in Processe punitiue, when the enquirie and examination is to punish the offender.

1626 in S. R. Gardiner Documents Impeachm. Duke of Buckingham (1889) 70 The informative Proofes, the Sentence..in the Admiralty Court.

1639 R. Gentilis tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Inquisition 37 The thirteenth Chapter..treates of Informative Processes, which are to be sent into other places.

1704 L. Mathews Argument for Comm. of Delegates 32 This proceeding by meer office of the Judge is informative and prepatory to Jurisdiction.

1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. VII. 254 Divers Witnesses were examined in the Admiralty, according to the ordinary Course of that Court, to instruct and furnish informative Processes in this Behalf.

a. Having the quality of imparting knowledge or communicating information; instructive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective]

informatory?a1475

copiousa1500

informing1581

intelligentiary1590

intelligencing1595

informative1646

intelligential1820

informational1821

instructional1832

telling1834

factful1842

facty1871

FYI1973

1646 A. Burgess Vindiciæ Legis xx. 189 The word of God being thus of it selfe onely a directive and informative rule.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. Ded. sig. Ggg2^v The most informative Histories to Posterity..are such as were written by the Eye-witnesses thereof.

1705 R. Fleming Christol. I. i. 60 God designed, as I humbly conceive, to give his Church, in this Representation, some Informative and Illuminative View of Himself and his Glory.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 211 The preparation informative of the audience is just as much as was precisely necessary.

1858 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 186 All art employed in decoration should be informative.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 208/1 Luce's ‘Legislative Assemblies’, a compendious and highly informative work.

1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair iv. 39 I must say, those little programmes they give away are very informative.

1981 Times 2 Mar. 12/6 The labels are informative to the point of saturation. If you do not like the wine, you might at least enjoy the read.

2004 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 68 997 This is one of those rarities among military histories—a book that is both informative and a delight to read.

b. Bridge. = informatory adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > double > types of

informatory double1913

informative1914

take-out double1926

Lightner1933

Sputnik double1958

penalty double1959

1914 Times 26 Feb. 9/5 Informative bidding... Auction is essentially a partnership game; its art consists in the declaration.

1962 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 15 Mar. 25/1 While he did have a nice informative double a simple raise to two spades would have done full justice to his hand.

1999 E. Kantar E. Kantar teaches Mod. Bridge Def. vii. 211 There are many opportunities for the defenders to help each other out by making informative discards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	informative
释义	informativeadj. Brit. /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɔrmədɪv/ Forms: Middle English informatif, Middle English informatyf, Middle English–1500s informatiue, Middle English–1500s informatyue, 1600s– informative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin informativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin informativus formative, imparting form (frequently from early 13th cent. in British sources, in both medicine and philosophy), instructive (1620 in a British source) < classical Latin informāt- , past participial stem of informāre inform v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French informatif that gives a form, shaping (c1400), that serves to show or represent (1520), that imparts knowledge or communicates information (1939). Compare informatory adj. 1. †a. That forms or shapes something, esp. a child in the womb. Cf. inform v. 6a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 68 Kynde hete..fondiþ to schape membres of þe body of þe childe, & þat by myȝte & vertue of þe vertue informatif [L. vim informatiuam] of schapinge. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 53 [Teþez] ar gendred not only in childe hode bot in oþer agez for þai ar not gendred..of vertue first informatif [?c1425 Paris informatyf; L. informatiua] bot of nutrityue inducyng þe acte of the generatif. 1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie xxx. sig. Dviii If the head shalbe small, and necke greate, [this] declareth aboundaunce of matter, and hys superfluousnes, and the lacke also of the informatyue vertue. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. iv. f. 71^v/2 By..the matter seminall and humour of nourishing and feeding, kind heate that is closed within, doth shape the members of the bodie of the childe, and that by might and vertue informatiue of shaping. b. That imbues with life or spirit; inspiring, animative. Cf. inform v. 8. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective] life-giving1550 vivific1551 vivificative1575 vivificant1576 vital1590 informing1631 vivifical1632 vivifying1635 informative1642 animantative1655 enlivening1664 vivificatinga1688 animative1706 vitalizing1813 blood-giving1840 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F4^v Many put out their force informative In their ethereall corporeity, Devoid of heterogeneall organity. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. viii. 107 He seems to make it [sc. the soul] nothing else..but an Entelechia or Informative thing, which spends all its virtue upon that Matter which it informs. a1699 J. Fraser Treat. conc. Justifying or Saving Faith (1722) ii. 22 Faith being an Act or Habit, is a certain Kind of Form to the Subject in which it is, or is informative of it. 1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism 141/2 By this union a world-soul was created which vitalises and regulates all things. Claudian in his Idyl of the Magnet uses it as a symbol of the informative spirit of things. 1982 J. J. E. Gracia tr. F. Suarez Suarez On Individuation vi. 126 If the same soul can naturally inform various matters at different times, this is a sign that its informative power or aptitude to inform is not related as an adequate term to numerically this matter. †2. Law. Of the nature of or relating to an information (information n. 5). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > of or relating to information informative1593 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) ii. viii. 72 These and like inducements doe serue to ground the processe informatiue: so doe they no lesse, euen in Processe punitiue, when the enquirie and examination is to punish the offender. 1626 in S. R. Gardiner Documents Impeachm. Duke of Buckingham (1889) 70 The informative Proofes, the Sentence..in the Admiralty Court. 1639 R. Gentilis tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Inquisition 37 The thirteenth Chapter..treates of Informative Processes, which are to be sent into other places. 1704 L. Mathews Argument for Comm. of Delegates 32 This proceeding by meer office of the Judge is informative and prepatory to Jurisdiction. 1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. VII. 254 Divers Witnesses were examined in the Admiralty, according to the ordinary Course of that Court, to instruct and furnish informative Processes in this Behalf. 3. a. Having the quality of imparting knowledge or communicating information; instructive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] informatory?a1475 copiousa1500 informing1581 intelligentiary1590 intelligencing1595 informative1646 intelligential1820 informational1821 instructional1832 telling1834 factful1842 facty1871 FYI1973 1646 A. Burgess Vindiciæ Legis xx. 189 The word of God being thus of it selfe onely a directive and informative rule. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. Ded. sig. Ggg2^v The most informative Histories to Posterity..are such as were written by the Eye-witnesses thereof. 1705 R. Fleming Christol. I. i. 60 God designed, as I humbly conceive, to give his Church, in this Representation, some Informative and Illuminative View of Himself and his Glory. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 211 The preparation informative of the audience is just as much as was precisely necessary. 1858 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 186 All art employed in decoration should be informative. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 208/1 Luce's ‘Legislative Assemblies’, a compendious and highly informative work. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair iv. 39 I must say, those little programmes they give away are very informative. 1981 Times 2 Mar. 12/6 The labels are informative to the point of saturation. If you do not like the wine, you might at least enjoy the read. 2004 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 68 997 This is one of those rarities among military histories—a book that is both informative and a delight to read. b. Bridge. = informatory adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > double > types of informatory double1913 informative1914 take-out double1926 Lightner1933 Sputnik double1958 penalty double1959 1914 Times 26 Feb. 9/5 Informative bidding... Auction is essentially a partnership game; its art consists in the declaration. 1962 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 15 Mar. 25/1 While he did have a nice informative double a simple raise to two spades would have done full justice to his hand. 1999 E. Kantar E. Kantar teaches Mod. Bridge Def. vii. 211 There are many opportunities for the defenders to help each other out by making informative discards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398
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