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imaginative(dictionary)

imaginative (iou)



imaginative adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French imaginatif, -ative from medieval Latin imaginativus, from Latin imaginat-: see IMAGINATION, -ATIVE.]
Given to using, or having, the faculty of imagination. LME.
Day Lewis Had I been an imaginative child, I should have looked for the Sleeping Beauty there. L. Blue All the best cooks tell you to be imaginative with offal.
Of or pertaining to the faculty of imagination or its use. LME.
M. Tippett Sch?nberg's imaginative life was unusually rich and powerful.
Existing only in the imagination; unreal, imaginary. Long rare or obsolete. L15.
T. Cartwright His righteousnesse imputed unto us, is not an imaginative, but a true righteousnesse.
Characterized by, resulting from, or showing in a high degree, the faculty of imagination. E19.
J. F. Lehmann It seemed to me to have a quite extraordinary imaginative power.
imaginatively adverb LME.
imaginativeness noun M17.