originative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having the ability or power to create
    creative.
    • a creative imagination
  2. adjective satellite containing seeds of later development
    seminal; germinal.
    • seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another

WordNet

O*rig"i*na*tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating. H. Bushnell. -- O*rig"i*na*tive*ly, adv.

Webster 1913