Subscriptive
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. not-comparable
"I made the messenger wait, while I transcribed it. I have endeavoured to imitate the subscriptive part; and in the Letter made pauses, where, to the best of my remembrance, she paused."
- 2 Of or pertaining to subscription (signing up and usually paying for something). not-comparable
"The subscriptive type of operation would allow for the identification of travel demands and the service of these travel demands according to pre-booked or standing requests."
- 3 Of or pertaining to belief in or commitment to something. not-comparable
"A conscious effort must be made to be more environmentally friendly and subscriptive to the tenets of sustainable development."
- 4 Derived from the choices of the user or client. not-comparable
"We also wanted the teachers to learn how to be "subscriptive" instead of "prescriptive.""
Example
More examples"I made the messenger wait, while I transcribed it. I have endeavoured to imitate the subscriptive part; and in the Letter made pauses, where, to the best of my remembrance, she paused."
Etymology
From Latin subscrīptus (perfect passive participle of subscrībō) + -ive. By surface analysis, subscript (literally “underwrite”) + -ive.