Compositive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Synthetic; compounded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power of compounding or composing; proceeding by composition; synthetic.
  • Word Usage
    "Grosseteste's method is primarily dialectical; its aim is the discovery of a definition, a generalized verbal characterization, and it is perhaps not surprising that he discusses composition before taking up resolution, for in certain sciences (notably mathematics) the syn - thetic or compositive method is all that seems to be needed in most cases."
    Antonym
    analytical   
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