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English to English adjective
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Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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capable of forming new cells and tissues | | Example: a formative zone in developing bone
source: wordnet30
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forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | | Example: a formative influence
a formative experience
source: wordnet30 noun
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minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function | | source: wordnet30
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That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word. | | source: webster1913
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