generative

Adjective

generative (comparative more generative, superlative most generative)

1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
   • That generative particle.1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693
   • Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon...1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 127

   Synonyms:

   creative

   Antonyms:

   annihilative

2. (euphemistic) Reproductive.
   • Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii
   • This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 91