[1605–15; erect + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: displacement, ideal, independent, inverse, surface-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, destructive, detective, passive, sportive
Examples of 'erective' in a sentence
erective
Both male subject and symptom become involved in the erective failure as “impotent”.
Maria Virgínia Filomena Cremasco, Mário Eduardo Costa Pereira 2010, 'Disfunção erétil e psicopatologia: um estudo clínico', Interação em Psicologiahttp://revistas.ufpr.br/psicologia/article/view/13841. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)