Definition of "ative" []

• A compound adjective suffix of Latin origin, consisting of -ive added to the stem represented by -ate, and accompanying verbs with suffix -ate, as in demonstrative, relative, etc., from demonstrate, relate, etc., or verbs without a suffix, as in laudative, etc., from laud, etc., or standing without corresponding verbs in English, as in amative, hortative, lucrative, etc.: especially frequent in grammatical terms, as in vocative, locative, ablative, etc., all used also as nouns.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Until the beginning of our century, Christians generally believed that the primary function of sex was procre - ative, that is, to produce children."
• "As for the instrument: take speculative, cut the "ative," and add "um.""
• "Mother Model Management Katie Fogarty, a St. Louis n ative, was 14 when the Clarkes first "discovered" her."