The Collaborative International Dictionary
Originative \O*rig"i*na*tive\, a.
Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into
existence; originating.
--H. Bushnell. --
O*rig"i*na*tive*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
a. That originates; creative
WordNet
adj. having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination" [syn: creative] [ant: uncreative]
having the power to bring into being [syn: creative]
containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn: germinal, seminal]
Usage examples of "originative".
The Ninth Cause of Action contains the charges that the fraudulent conduct on the part of the defendants as herein alleged was willful, wanton, malicious and in utter disregard of the rights of the plaintiff causing him mental and professional distress and that as a result he is entitled to compensatory and treble or punitive damages, an accounting, a constructive trust for plaintiff's benefit on all profits and gross revenues from The Blood in the Red White and Blue, an injunction stopping its showing unless and until he is credited with his originative role in its creation, interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees.