a. Obs. [f. as prec.: see -IVE.] Formative, tending to form.

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1647.  H. More, Song of Soul, Notes 163/2. Δύναμις πλαστικὴ, is that efformative might in the seed that shapes the body in its growth.

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1669.  Gale, Crt. Gentiles, I. III. iii. 314. A plastick and efformative virtue.

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