| a. | 1. | Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. |
| Adj. | 1. | generative - having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" Synonyms: productive Antonyms: consumptive - tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" |
| 2. | generative - producing new life or offspring; "tXsXwhe reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" Synonyms: procreative, reproductive |
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