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Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.]
1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination,
generally in the highest sense of the word.
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In all the higher departments of imaginative art,
nature still constitutes an important element.
--Mure.
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2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having
a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
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Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very
fanciful mind. --Coleridge.
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3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
{Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n.
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