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Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. Stormonth.

Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid.

ns. Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. Coleridge.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.

Causing ateration. Specifically:

Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.

Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd.

Of or pertaining to a confederation.

Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [Archaic] I love to be considerative. B. Jonson.

Operating jointly to the same end. Coöperative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Coöperative store, a store established by…

Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

ing or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft. The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.

In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.

Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.

Counting, or reckoning up, one by one. Enumerative of the variety of evils. Jer. Taylor.

Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. "Exaggerative language." Geddes. "Exaggerative pictures." W. J. Linton. -- Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly, adv. Carlyle.

Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society." Burke.

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. "That generative particle." Bentley.