adjective
Etymology
Origin of evolutive
First recorded in 1870–75; evolut(ion) + -ive
Example Sentences
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“We are too different; the fruit of two diverse evolutive tracks...plants could be aliens for us,” he said.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015
On the other hand, a new hardware that should be added to the animal brain is considered as not compatible with an evolutive process.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor
As is usual when any part of an organism is undergoing rapid evolutive changes, this nervous progress is accompanied with some instability.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
To call that "evolutive force" which produces the change of one kind of plant or animal into another, is simple and easy, but of little help by way of explanation.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa
A fixed amount of "evolutive force" is given, to begin with.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa
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