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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Associative

/əs-ōsh'-ət-ĭvˌ/ · As·so·ci·a·tive · IPA /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/
01 a. Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty.
  1. 1.
    Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty.