associative

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associative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Associative \As*so"ci*a*tive\, a.
     Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to
     association; as, the associative faculty. --Hugh Miller.
     [1913 Webster]

associative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  associative
      adj 1: characterized by or causing or resulting from the process
             of bringing ideas or events together in memory or
             imagination ; "associative learning" [syn: associative,
             associatory] [ant: nonassociative]