originative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- originatively adverb
Etymology
Origin of originative
Example Sentences
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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who were the originative and who the directive agents?
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
By the mere act of volition He gave birth to the Logos, who was the real originative cause of things.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William
And of all this gifted company Coleridge, though not the strongest character or the most prolific poet, was the profoundest intellect and the most originative poetic spirit.
From Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
France before Rousseau was not the France of Victor Hugo; the former had work of an originative character to do in the social sphere, as Victor Hugo had in that of literature.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett
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