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facilitative en · ADJ

Etymology

From facilitate + -ive. Compare Latin facilitātīvus.

Meanings

1. Having the effect of making easy; assisting, easing or facilitating.
   • However, in contrast to the facilitative actions in subcortical structures, high levels of catecholamine release in prefrontal cortex result in cognitive dysfunction. 1998 June 12, Amy F. T. Arnsten, “NEUROSCIENCE: Enhanced: The Biology of Being Frazzled”, in Science, volume 280, number 5370, →DOI, pages 1711–1712:
   • This is also facilitative in the development of students’ independent learning skills, promoting a culture of asking and answering questions among the students. 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1088:
   • As regards the influence of the metals, it can be deduced from the table that iron is 240 times more collective of charge and facilitative to explosion than the most collective non-metallic substance, — 533,000 times more so than sea water, — 7,500,000 times more so than spring water, rain, snow, hail, ice, human beings, animals, vegetation, wood, clouds, fog, earth, sand, shingle, rock, stone, brick, earthenware, straw, cotton, linen, paper, hemp, wool, silk, leather, and bone, — and 340,000,000,000,000,000,000 times more so than air, asphalte, and glass ; and we gain from these figures some idea of the enormous power possessed by metals relatively to non-metallic substances for influencing lightning discharges. 1882, Arthur Parnell, The Action of Lightning and the Means of Defending Life and Property from Its Effects, Crosby Lockwood and Company, page 174:

Forms

Deriveds

nonfacilitative · facilitatively