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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
generative
    adj 1: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative
           power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative,
           productive] [ant: consumptive]
    2: producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential
       of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself
       under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative
       organs" [syn: generative, procreative, reproductive]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Generative \Gen"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.]
   Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or
   producing. "That generative particle." --Bentley.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Generative:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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