growthful

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English

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Etymology

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growth +‎ -ful

Adjective

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growthful (comparative more growthful, superlative most growthful)

  1. Having the capacity to grow.
    • a. 1867, James Hamilton, The Smoking Flax (sermon)
      the grace which has already grown most, is likely to be most growthful
  2. Causing growth.

References

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growthful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.