formative

  1. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
  2. Adjective.  Capable of forming something.
  3. Adjective.  (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
  4. Adjective.  (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
  5. Noun.  (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.

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