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progenitive, a.|prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtɪv|
[f. L. prōgenit-, ppl. stem of prōgignĕre: see next and -ive. So late L. prōgenitīv-us (Boeth.).]
Having the quality of producing offspring or progeny; possessed of reproductive power or properties.
1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 679 I'm vastly popular with almost all the infant duplicates of my progenitive friends. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. iv. (1852) 66 The Gauchos call the former [crystals of Gypsum] the ‘Padre del sel’, and the latter [crystals of sulphate of soda] the ‘Madre’; they state that these progenitive salts always occur on the borders of the salinas when the water begins to evaporate. 1882T. Mozley Remin. II. 433 The mighty, pregnant, progenitive atom. 1895F. C. Conybeare in Academy 29 June 547/1 That a barren woman should bring forth a child was no ordinary progenitive act, but a result of the divine power.
Hence proˈgenitiveness, reproductive quality.
1868E. D. Cope Orig. Fittest (1887) 111 Metaphysical peculiarity or progenitiveness as isolating species. |