generative

Adjective

1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
   • That generative particle. - 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
   • Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our...
   • The document states that despite its ongoing advancements, generative AI is liable to the United States’s current copyright principles, which take a strict stance on what material—human- or machine-made—qualifies for...

   Synonyms: creative

   Antonyms: annihilative

2. Reproductive.
   • Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose. - 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New...
   • This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ. - 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 91: