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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
for prolongation.]
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1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
number or amount of products.
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2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
productive of heroic achievements.
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And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
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This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
and making it productive of merit. --Spectator.
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3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
profitable.
[1913 Webster] -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. --
{Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n.
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