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Formative contexts are the institutional and imaginative arrangements that shape a society's conflicts and resolutions. They are the structures that limit
Formative_context
Italian academic
of Roberto Unger and showed how IS can embody and so be enacted as Formative Context. Drift Caring The Platform Organisation Ciborra analyses Information
Claudio_Ciborra
Early Zionist retelling of the siege of Masada
myths: Josephus's account was not an origin myth, did not provide formative context, and was not heroic in nature. It has been described as "an extreme
Masada_myth
Poetic concept
capability is a key component in Unger's theory of false necessity and formative context. The theory of false necessity claims that social worlds are the artifact
Negative_capability
Brazilian philosopher and politician
institutionalized through law. This emergent order Unger calls formative context. Under a particular formative context, routines are established and people come to believe
Roberto_Mangabeira_Unger
Framework used to study social phenomena
social structure, which Unger calls formative context. In order to explain how we move from one formative context to another without the conventional
Social_theory
System that supports business decisions
of meaning'. The paper suggests that while computer science finds the formative aspect, of shaping, structuring, processing, of central interest, and
Information_system
Aggregate of patterned social arrangements in society
Community Conflict theory Economic system Educational system Family Formative context Habitus (sociology) Healthcare system Kiss up kick down Legal system
Social_structure
Program evaluation model
Daniel Stufflebeam and colleagues in the 1960s. CIPP is an acronym for context, input, process and product. CIPP is a decision-focused approach to evaluation
CIPP_evaluation_model
Historical period in Belize, 2000 BC – AD 250
The Preclassic or Formative period of Belizean, Maya, and Mesoamerican history began with the Maya development of ceramics during 2000 BC – 900 BC, and
Preclassic_period_in_Belize
hypothesis and analysis of a formative contexts that explain these stubborn cycles of reform and retrenchment. Formative contexts include the institutional
Politics: A Work in Constructive Social Theory
Politics:_A_Work_in_Constructive_Social_Theory
2015 novel by Lisa McInerny
maternal grandparents. In interviews, McInerney has spoken about this formative context, describing herself as someone without “a fixed origin story.” She
The_Glorious_Heresies
Cohort born from 1954 to 1965
post-Second World War spike in births. But generations arise from shared formative experiences, not headcounts, and the two groups evolved with dramatic
Generation_Jones
Experimental constructed language
of speech, formatives and adjuncts. Formatives functioned both as nouns and as verbs, depending on the morphosemantic context. Formatives were inflected
Ithkuil
Human between birth and puberty
at around age 9 or 10. Together, early and middle childhood are called formative years. In this middle period, children develop socially and mentally.
Child
(Hanseth and Monteiro 1996). "Information infrastructures can, as formative contexts, shape not only the work routines, but also the ways people look at
Information_infrastructure
Contemporary social theory
freedom in our social institutions". Determinism Empowered democracy Formative context Historical determinism Necessitarianism Negative capability Postanarchism
False_necessity
Signs found on the Cascajal Block
earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization, flourishing during the formative period (1500–400 BCE) in the tropical lowlands of the modern-day Mexican
Olmec_hieroglyphs
Earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization
Veracruz and Tabasco from roughly 1200 to 400 BC during Mesoamerica's formative period. They were initially centered at the site of their development
Olmecs
Assessment used to determine student outcomes after an academic course
the program and the learning of the participants. This contrasts with formative assessment which summarizes the participants' development at a particular
Summative_assessment
Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Guatemala
Cotzumalhuapa Archaeological Zone. It was occupied during the prehistoric Formative stage of the Americas. The El Baúl acropolis is located 4 km north of
El_Baúl
Educational evaluation method
the soup, that's summative. Summative and formative assessment are often referred to in a learning context as assessment of learning and assessment for
Educational_assessment
1894 travel book by Lafcadio Hearn
Folkloristics: Lafcadio Hearn's Creolization and Hybridization in the Formative Period of Folklore Studies". Journal of Folklore Research. 42 (2): 141–184
Glimpses_of_Unfamiliar_Japan
Breton general (1336–1407)
Olivier V de Clisson (23 April 1336 – 23 April 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a Breton soldier, the Constable of France, and the son of Olivier IV
Olivier_V_de_Clisson
British artist and activist
across Europe). Language plays a more complex role in these international contexts. Firrell's The Chromatika / Die Chromatika, inspired by Goethe's colour
Martin_Firrell
Extinct genus of indeterminate eukaryote
1859) or Nematophycus (Carruthers, 1872}: Geologists v. botanists in the formative period of the science of paleobotany". Earth Sciences History. 24 (1):
Prototaxites
Canadian social situation
through three developmental phases: the incipient stage (pre-1971), the formative period (1971–1981), and institutionalization (1982 to the present). The
Multiculturalism_in_Canada
Archaeological culture in Mexico
in the Papaloapan River basin, a culture that existed during the Late Formative period, from roughly 300 BCE to roughly 250 CE. Epi-Olmec was a successor
Epi-Olmec_culture
Proposed explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem
and theory are often used interchangeably, but this is incorrect in the context of science. A working hypothesis is a provisionally-accepted hypothesis
Hypothesis
1929 novel by Nella Larsen
Angela (2007). "A Beautiful Lie: Exploring Rhinelander v. Rhinelander as a Formative Lesson on Race, Identity, Marriage, and Family". California Law Review
Passing_(novel)
Social theory of politics
Society portal Politics portal Agonistic democracy False necessity Formative context Radical democracy Unger, Roberto Mangabeira (1987). False Necessity:
Empowered_democracy
Exegesis of the Quran
tafsirs compiled by authoritative figures of Muslim scholarship during the formative ages of Islam, and modern tafsir which seeks to address a wider audience
Tafsir
Soliloquy from the 1982 film Blade Runner
desert island. He described seeing Blade Runner in his teens as very formative in inspiring his interest in artificial intelligence. The 1998 film Soldier
Tears_in_rain_monologue
Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico
trajectory. In this context, among the major accomplishments of Flannery's work in Oaxaca are his extensive excavations at the important formative center of San
Monte_Albán
Historic site in Jalisco, Mexico
Los Guachimontones is the largest Late Formative to Classic period (300 BCE to 450/500 CE) pre-Columbian archaeological site in the state of Jalisco.
Guachimontones
Learning outside the classroom
inclusive design decisions. Contextual learning can be used as a form of formative assessment and can help give educators a stronger profile on how the intended
Contextual_learning
Method of encoding characters in a URI
specified, to apply to character-based data. In the World Wide Web's formative years, when dealing with data characters in the ASCII repertoire and using
Percent-encoding
Religious devotion or spirituality
element in most conceptions of piety is a duty of respect. In a religious context, piety may be expressed through pious activities or devotions, which may
Piety
Policy Institute. Dixson, Dante D.; Worrell, Frank C. (2016-04-02). "Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom". Theory into Practice. 55 (2):
Curriculum_studies
Canadian software company
Computer Science, University of Toronto. Lecture 2, slides 2.11 and 2.28. For context see the introductory and lecture 1 slides; most of the later lectures can
HCR_Corporation
1602–1799 Dutch trading company
currents, shoals and landmarks. The VOC also produced its own charts. In the context of the Dutch–Portuguese War the company established its headquarters in
Dutch_East_India_Company
English physician and balneologist (1867–1943)
remark testifies to an "openness to the importance of suggestion", in the context of a balneologist's interest in the care of "indefinite and borderline
Arthur_Stanley_Wohlmann
Chilean sculptor and educator (1901–1963)
synthesized the Spanish and French artistic perspectives acquired during his formative years with certain Latin American pre-Columbian artistic features, like
Lorenzo_Domínguez
Classification of music by tradition or style
proposed a more comprehensive distinction of music genres based on the "formative medium" with which a music is created, that is the creative interface
Music_genre
Belief about living organisms
emergence of the organism by the actions of a vis essentialis (an organizing, formative force). Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869) later developed the theory of Odic
Vitalism
Chinese philosopher (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE)
The time of Confucius's life saw a rich diversity of thought, and was a formative period in China's intellectual history. His ideas gained in prominence
Confucius
2011 British biographical drama film
Morgan. Thatcher is portrayed primarily by Meryl Streep, and, in her formative and early political years, by Alexandra Roach. Thatcher's husband, Denis
The_Iron_Lady_(film)
Country in South Asia
become apparent in the greater Indus system, which we can now see to be a formative stage underlying the Mature Indus of the middle and late third millennium
Pakistan
Genre of fiction
didactic and potentially formative ideological assumptions. Those who advocate for escapist fiction as a genre believe it holds a formative value for adolescents
Escapist_fiction
Chinese five elements
Elements", drawing parallels with the Greek and Indian Vedic static, solid or formative arrangement of the four elements. This translation is still in common
Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)
Archaeological site in Yukon, Canada
remains, but these dates are contested due to the uncertain stratigraphic context of the archaeological remains relative to the dated animal remains. There
Bluefish_Caves
American philosopher (born 1960)
Individual," Anekaant, 3 (2015): 17-22. "Between Two Intimacies: The Formative Contexts of Adult Individuality," Emotion, Space and Society, 13 (2014): 65-70
John_Russon
Community of escaped slaves in Brazil (1605 to 1694)
the Dutch West India Company sent a fleet to conquer Pernambuco, in the context of the Dutch-Portuguese War, during the period of the Iberian Union. Although
Palmares_(quilombo)
Abode of the Hindu god Brahma
they did not get nirvana in this Buddha seat. Those who have acquired formative meditation will be born in the formless Brahman worlds after death, and
Brahmaloka
Leader of China since 2012
Cheng (2014a). "Xi Jinping's Inner Circle (Part 2: Friends from Xi's Formative Years)" (PDF). Hoover Institution. Archived (PDF) from the original on
Xi_Jinping
Valley in Mexico
dominated the valley and much of the Oaxacan highlands from the Early Formative through the end of the Classic period. They were succeeded by the Mixtec
Oaxaca_Valley
Study of demons or beliefs about demons
is the study of demons within religious belief and myth. Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology, religious doctrine, or occultism
Demonology
State of being cast off
identity and cultural concepts. Julia Kristeva explored an influential and formative overview of the concept in her 1980 work Powers of Horror: An Essay on
Abjection
Nonprofit environmental organization
Coastal Resources Center. 2244. Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) formative review: approach paper (PDF) (Report). GEF Independent Evaluation Office
Conservation_International
Instructional strategy and educational philosophy
main operation procedures are: Formative Evaluation, and Alternative Learning Resources Formative Evaluation in the context of mastery learning is a diagnostic
Mastery_learning
Political entity
A quasi-state (sometimes referred to as a state-like entity or formatively a proto-state) is a political entity that does not represent a fully autonomous
Quasi-state
Sculpture of ancient Rome
Renaissance renewed interest in Roman antiquity, and ancient sculpture played a formative role in the development of Western art in the fifteenth and sixteenth
Roman_sculpture
American court case
Angela (2007). "A Beautiful Lie: Exploring Rhinelander v. Rhinelander as a Formative Lesson on Race, Identity, Marriage, and Family". California Law Review
Rhinelander_v._Rhinelander
Name for an individual language or family of languages
but the field of linguonymic studies is still considered to be in its formative stages. Look up linguonym, glossonym, or glottonym in Wiktionary, the
Linguonym
Archeological site in Mexico
site in what is now Guanajuato, Mexico, from the late preclassical or formative period. The culture that takes its name from the site dates to 400 BC
Chupícuaro
Idea that everyone faces consequence as they deserve
looked at how observers react to victims of rape and other violence. In a formative experiment on rape and belief in a just world by Linda Carli and colleagues
Just-world_fallacy
Six-issue limited comic book series by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
which also chronicle their respective Marvel Comics characters in their formative years. It is Valentine's Day, and Spider-Man describes himself as feeling
Spider-Man:_Blue
American writer and historian (1929–2017)
Gale In Context: Biography. Accessed 9 December 2021. "Herbert S. Parmet." The Writers Directory. St. James Press, 2018. In Gale In Context: Biography
Herbert_Parmet
United States federal law
Wisconsin Senators Russell Feingold (D-WI), Herb Kohl (D-WI), et al. In its formative stages in the early 1990s, the bill was researched, developed, backed
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000
Hmong_Veterans'_Naturalization_Act_of_2000
Practice of judging the merits and faults of something
hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30171632. ISSN 0046-1520. Shute, Valerie J. (2008-03-01). "Focus on Formative Feedback". Review of Educational Research. 78: 153–189. doi:10.3102/0034654307313795
Criticism
British musical style of "light" orchestral music
symphony and the opera. Light music was especially popular during the formative years of radio broadcasting, with stations such as the BBC Light Programme
Light_music
Modern type of examination in medicine, pharmacy and similar disciplines
in undergraduate, postgraduate, licensing, certification and formative assessment contexts. Although the format is intended to improve standardisation
Objective structured clinical examination
Objective_structured_clinical_examination
French philosopher and writer (1913–1960)
Groupes de Liaison Internationale (GLI), a trade union movement in the context of revolutionary syndicalism (syndicalisme révolutionnaire). His main aim
Albert_Camus
7th vice president of Iraq
Union. During the interview, Ramadan was asked about the broader Arab context of the Iran-Iraq war. He stated that in the early years of the war, some
Taha_Yassin_Ramadan
American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician
co-mixer) was an enduring staple of Levan's sets at the Paradise Garage and a formative influence on Chicago house, in addition to becoming a bona fide commercial
Arthur_Russell
Choosing based on factual information
rubrics are forms of student learning outcomes assessment. Formative assessments, Formative assessments, specifically, allow educators to use data from
Data-informed_decision-making
Hindu concept of lineage
to around 1500 BCE., and the system gradually came into use during the formative period of the Yajur-veda. However, Ghurye claims that the system of Pravara
Pravaras
construction. The therapy helps the client become aware of and utilize this "formative tendency" to promote self-actualization and meaning creation. Finally
Humanistic_therapy
Island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca
There is a significant Early Formative occupation (1800-1100 BC), Middle Formative (1100-500 BC) and Upper Formative (500 BC - AD 500). The earliest
Isla_del_Sol
Literary and artistic movement
influenced by Italy's own classical heritage and its unique political context. Italian Romanticism found its early development influenced by the Napoleonic
Romanticism_in_Italy
Gender identity descriptor
Seal Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-58005-154-5. Pfeffer, Carla (2009). Trans (Formative) Relationships: What We Learn About Identities, Bodies, Work and Families
Cisgender
Central religious text of Islam
tafsirs compiled by authoritative figures of Muslim scholarship during the formative ages of Islam, and modern tafsir which seeks to address a wider audience
Quran
triangular thickening — the spina vestibuli. It is believed to play a formative role in atrial septation, which is how the common atrium of the heart
Spina_vestibuli
1879 book by Henry George
thinking had been redirected by reading Progress and Poverty in their formative years. In this respect no other book came anywhere near comparable influence
Progress_and_Poverty
Sexual arousal a person receives from an object or situation
that rats which are made to wear a Velcro tethering jacket during their formative sexual experiences exhibit severe deficits in sexual performance when
Sexual_fetishism
Title in the Ottoman court
Minna Rozen: A History of the Jewish Community in Istanbul, The Formative Years, 1453 – 1566 (2002). Lucienne Thys-Senocak: Ottoman Women Builders:
Kira_(title)
Theory and practice of education
is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning. Both
Pedagogy
Figure in the mythology of the Nation of Islam
In Haddad & Esposito (2000). Allen, Ernest. "Identity and Destiny: The Formative Views of the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam". In Haddad
Yakub_(Nation_of_Islam)
President of Russia (2000–2008; since 2012)
the agency after years of perceived decline, a period that would prove formative for his later approach to governance. In 1999, Putin described communism
Vladimir_Putin
Taxonomy of needs and their attainment
traditional satisfiers and the adoption of new or different satisfiers. In the context of Human Scale Development, needs do not only reflect (individual or collective)
Manfred Max-Neef's Fundamental human needs
Manfred_Max-Neef's_Fundamental_human_needs
American children's television show
program to base its contents and production values on laboratory and formative research. Initial responses to the show included adulatory reviews, some
Sesame_Street
Indian actress
industry, allowing her to establish herself as an actress during the formative years of her career. Chavan’s career spanned several decades, during which
Padma_Chavan
Legal-political and theological treatise by Tomás Fernández de Medrano
Saint Bernard, and Saint Ildefonsus, describes the Virgin Mary as the formative teacher through whom Saint Peter learned "the holy science of the saints"
República_Mista
Cohort born during the early 1990s to late 1990s
COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020–2021 George Floyd protests being key formative events. They remember life in the early 2000s before smartphones, then
Zillennials
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
as Formative stage instead of mid-late Neolithic, Archaic Era instead of Early Neolithic, and Paleo-Indian for the preceding period. The Formative stage
Neolithic
Folk hero of Switzerland
the hero of Sempach (1386). He was important as a symbol during the formative stage of modern Switzerland in the 19th century, known as the period of
William_Tell
Denial of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion
"completely ignores" the other; the Palestinians view the Nakba "as a formative trauma" when they "to a large degree lost their country" while "the narrative
Nakba_denial
German University
the Reformation, the Theologia deutsch is examined it its original formative context and thus as a mystical treatise of a special type, which does not
Thomas-Institut
Clothing worn by plague doctors that was intended to protect them from infection
ISBN 1-56656-611-8 O'Donnell, Terence, History of life insurance in its formative years, American Conservation Company, 1936 Paton, Alex, "Cover image"
Plague_doctor_costume
1898–1912 political party in the Russian Empire
the revolutionary leadership of the Russian proletariat. The RSDLP's formative years were marked by ideological and strategic disputes culminating at
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Brayley Barton in Devon, which is named with the Bray river (a back formation from High Bray, which is from Celtic brez ‘hill’) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a layer of paving, from Middle English, Old French pavier ‘paver’, an agent derivative of Old French paver ‘to pave’ (though the Old French verb may be a back-formation from pavement ‘laid floor’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English haw, haugh ‘enclosure’ (Old English haga), or a habitational name from a place named with this word such as The Haw in Tirley, Gloucestershire. Compare Haugh 2.English : from a Middle English personal name, probably a back-formation from Hawkin, (see Hawkins).Scottish : habitational name from an unidentified place in lowland Scotland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a silk merchant, from Middle English selk(e), silk(e) ‘silk’.English : from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from Silkin (see Sill).Irish (Galway) : Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Ó SÃoda (see Sheedy).Americanized form (translation) of German and Jewish Seide or Seid.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old French bon homme (Latin bonus homo). This had two senses relevant to surname formation; partly it had the literal meaning ‘good man’, and partly it came to mean ‘peasant farmer’.Americanized form of French Bonhomme.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English cony ‘rabbit’ (a back-formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil), a nickname for someone thought to resemble a rabbit in some way or a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rabbits or rabbit skins.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Formation of Stars
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps from either of two medicinal and edible plants commonly known by this name (Arctium lappa and A. minus). However, the word is not recorded in OED before 1597, rather too late for surname formation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Loveless. The spelling is apparently the result of folk etymology, which understood the word as a nickname for a dandy fond of lace. The modern sense of this word is, however, not attested until the 16th century and at the time of surname formation it meant only ‘cord’ or ‘shoelace’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Brown, either as a nickname or as an existing surname. Formation of new surnames ending in -son from existing surnames was a relatively common phenomenon in northwestern England.Variant of Dutch Brunsen, a patronymic from Brun.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a Roman Catholic, a comparatively late formation. Most surnames originated before the Reformation, with its schism between the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a herdsman in charge of cattle or a nickname for someone thought to resemble an ox or a cow, from Middle English neat ‘ox’, ‘cow’ (Old English nēat). The modern English adjective neat (via French from Latin nitidus ‘clean’, ‘shining’) does not occur before the 16th century, after the main period of surname formation.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Formation of Stars
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a merry person or an early riser, from Middle English lavero(c)k, lark (Old English lÄwerce). It was perhaps also a metonymic occupational name for someone who netted the birds and sold them for the cooking pot.English : from a medieval personal name, a byform of Lawrence, derived by back-formation from Larkin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Old English gangan ‘to walk’, hence possibly a nickname for someone with a peculiar gait; by the period of surname formation, however, the word had acquired the sense ‘go-between’ and it is likely that this meaning lies behind the surname in some instances.German (usually Gänger) : variant of Gengler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a meek person, from Middle English daffte ‘mild’, ‘gentle’, ‘meek’ (Old English gedæfte). It was not until the 15th century, toward the end of the main period of surname formation in England, that the word came to mean ‘stupid’, ‘silly’.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name brayne (a back formation of the Yiddish female personal name brayndl, which is a diminutive of Yiddish broyn ‘brown’) + the genitive ending -s.English : variant of Brine.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name TÄta, possibly a short form of various compound names with the obscure first element tÄt, or else a nursery formation. This surname is common and widespread in Britain; the chief area of concentration is northeastern England, followed by northern Ireland.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
One Star; Formation of Stars; Modern; Name of a Bright Star; Nakshaktra
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained; just possibly a late formation from the plant name, although tulips were not introduced into western Europe until the 16th century.
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Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Brilliant Like Sun
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Flower
Boy/Male
Indian
A companion of the prophet
Girl/Female
American, English
Jelly
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Latin
To Endure; Contemporary Phonetic Variant of Dante; Enduring
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Shiva; Crorepati
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Father of Lord Rama; King of Ayodhya
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. If it is a habitational name, the location and etymology of the place from which it derives are obscure. Routledge, the more common form in the British Isles, is found mainly on the English-Scottish borders. The place in Cumbria, now called Routledge Burn, seems to have received its name in the 16th century from a member of the family rather than vice versa.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bledisloe, from the Old English personal name Blīð (a byname meaning ‘cheerful’) + Old English hlÄw ‘mound’, ‘tumulus’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Shiva
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a.
Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
a.
Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.
a.
Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium.
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Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
n.
A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.
n.
A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
a.
Creative; formative.
n.
Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
a.
Tending to excess of formative action.
a.
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.
n.
That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
a.
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
a.
Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative.
a.
Portable.
n.
A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
a.
Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative.
n.
The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
n.
An exhortation.
a.
Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.