a. [f. ENUMERATE v. + -IVE.] That has the function of enumerating; concerned with enumeration. Const. of.
1651. Jer. Taylor, Holy Dying, v. § 3. 264. Being particular and enumerative of the variety of evils which have disordered his life.
1848. H. Miller, First Impr., vi. (1857), 102. He [Thomson] rather enumerates than describes…. Now, the prospect from the hill at Hagley furnished me with the true explanation of this enumerative style.
1880. Muirhead, trans. Gaius Instit., Comm. IV. § 47, note. Whether his uelut is to be taken as enumerative … or as merely indicative.
