a. Obs. rare–1. [f. L. auct- (see AUCT) + -IVE, as if ad. L. *auctīvus.] Characterized by increase or growth.
1634. T. Johnson, Parey’s Chirurg., I. i. (1678), 52. The Natural [faculty] is parted into the nutritive, auctive, and generative.
1678. Phillips (App.), Auctive, apt to grow or increase.
