a. [f. L. associāt- (see ASSOCIATE) + -IVE, as if ad. L. *associātīvus.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by association. Hence Associatively adv.
1817. Coleridge, Biog. Lit., I. 286. By the power of evoking and combining, Mr. Wordsworth means … the aggregative and associative [power].
1881. Rae, in Contemp. Rev., Feb., 233. The associative principle in the arrangements of economical life.
1880. Cyples, Hum. Exp., v. 110. So as to represent associatively.
