Hypertext Webster Gateway: "originative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Originative \O*rig"i*na*tive\, a.
Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into
existence; originating. --H. Bushnell. --
{O*rig"i*na*tive*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
originative
adj 1: having the ability or power to create; "a creative
imagination" [syn: {creative}] [ant: {uncreative}]
2: having the power to bring into being [syn: {creative}]
3: containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one
discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn: {germinal},
{seminal}]
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