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stimulative

stimulative adjective: having a stimulating effect.

Adjective

stimulative (comparative more stimulative, superlative most stimulative)

  1. Having a stimulating effect.

Noun

stimulative (plural stimulatives)

  1. (obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive.
    • Then there are ſo many ſtimulatives to ſuch a ſpirit as mine in this affair, beſides Love […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 202

Forms of stimulative

Adjective
comparativemore stimulative
superlativemost stimulative
Noun
pluralstimulatives

Origin of stimulative

From stimulate + -ive.

Words formed from stimulative

Questions about stimulative

What does stimulative mean?
Stimulative means having a stimulating effect.
What part of speech is stimulative?
Stimulative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near stimulative in the dictionary

  1. stimulateth
  2. stimulating
  3. stimulatingly
  4. stimulation
  5. stimulations
  6. stimulative
  7. stimulativeness
  8. stimulatives
  9. stimulator
  10. stimulators
  11. stimulatory

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