evolutive
[ ev-uh-loo-tiv or, especially British, ee-vuh- ]
Origin of evolutive
1First recorded in 1870–75; evolut(ion) + -ive
Words Nearby evolutive
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How to use evolutive in a sentence
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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