01 a. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, th…
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Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.
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Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements.“And kindle with thy own productive fire.” — Dryden.“This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit.” — Spectator.
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Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable.