a. rare. [f. L. tuit-, ppl. stem of tu-ērī: see prec.]
1. Giving tuition or instruction.
1776. Adventures of a Cork-screw, ii. 17. His tutor resolved not to swerve from the general rule of these tuitive companions, but let his pupil indulge in every extravagance.
2. Acquired by instruction as opposed to intuitive or innate (INTUITIVE 3 c). rare.
1784. New Spectator, No. 22. 1. A man without an innate idea would be incapable of acquiring any.—Without intuitive knowledge he could have no tuitive.
