Formative

a.	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.
	2.	(Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
	3.	(Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
n.	1.	(Gram.) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.

Noun	1.	formative - minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
Adj.	1.	formative - relating to or characterized by formative effects or formation; "the formative arts"
	2.	formative - susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"
	3.	formative - beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" Synonyms: inchoative
	4.	formative - capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
	5.	formative - forming or capable of forming or molding; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" Synonyms: shaping

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