a. [f. late L. jūstificāt-, ppl. stem of jūstificāre to JUSTIFY + -IVE. Cf. F. justificatif (16th c. in Godef., Compl.).] Serving to justify; justificatory; of the nature of supporting evidence.
1611. Cotgr., Iustificatif, iustificatiue, iustifying, righting.
1622. Mabbe, trans. Aleman’s Guzman d’Alf., II. 242.
1827. Bentham, Ration. Evid., Wks. 1843, VII. 15. Some justificative, or extenuative, or exemptive, circumstance.
1890. Saintsbury, Ess. Eng. Lit., 245. Overloaded … with justificative selections from Buffon, Lord Monboddo, and other authorities.
