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animative, a. rare.|ˈænɪmeɪtɪv, -ətɪv|
[f. L. animāt- ppl. stem of animā-re (see prec.) + -ive.]
1. Having the faculty of animating; enlivening, quickening.
1755in Johnson. 1799J. Corry Sat. View Lond. (1803) 97 The animative inspiration of His Spirit will renovate the love of religion in the hearts of many.
†2. ? Relative to animate beings. Obs. rare.
1792T. Taylor Comm. Proclus I. Introd. 94 There are five orders of numbers, the divine, the essential, the animative, the natural, and the mathematic. |