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Word Meanings - FORMATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative. (more info) 1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing

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Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative. (more info) 1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. Bentley.

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  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • DERIVATIVE
    Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found
  • SERVING
    a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant,
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • MERELY
    1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman. 2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. Swift. Syn. -- Solely; simply;
  • SERVO-MOTOR
    A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • SERVILELY
    In a servile manner; slavishly.
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • RAISE
    To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  • GIVES
    Fetters.
  • PLANTIGRADA
    A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
  • RAISED
    1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • SERVILENESS
    Quality of being servile; servility.
  • PLANTULE
    The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
  • PLANTIGRADE
    Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
  • SERVABLE
    Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym:
  • SERVITORSHIP
    The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell.
  • RAIS
    See REIS
  • DISPLANTATION
    The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
  • PROPLASTIC
    Forming a mold.
  • SUPPLANT
    heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the
  • DISSERVE
    To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym:
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • RESERVE
    1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
  • LIVRAISON
    A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
  • REFORMATIVE
    Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good.
  • DESERVEDNESS
    Meritoriousness.
  • HEBRAIST
    One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
  • APLASTIC
    Not plastic or easily molded.
  • TERGIVERSATOR
    One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
  • STOMATOPLASTIC
    Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
  • MISRAISE
    To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
  • SPORADICAL
    Sporadic.
  • CONSERVATIONAL
    Tending to conserve; preservative.

 

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