Hypertext Webster Gateway: "productive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
for prolongation.]
1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
number or amount of products.
2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
productive of heroic achievements.
And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
and making it productive of merit. --Spectator.
3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. --
{Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
productive
adj 1: producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly);
"productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a
productive collaboration" [ant: {unproductive}]
2: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative
power"; "generative forces" [syn: {generative}] [ant: {consumptive}]
3: yielding positive results
4: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: {fat}, {fertile},
{rich}]
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