evolutive
[ ev-uh-loo-tiv or, especially British, ee-vuh- ]
/ ˈɛv əˌlu tɪv or, especially British, ˈi və- /
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adjective
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Origin of evolutive
First recorded in 1870–75; evolut(ion) + -ive
Words nearby evolutive
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Example sentences from the Web for evolutive
I do not wish to assert that all unfamiliar psychical states are necessarily evolutive or dissolutive in any assignable manner.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers
British Dictionary definitions for evolutive
evolutive
/ (ɪˈvɒljʊtɪv) /
adjective
relating to, tending to, or promoting evolution
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