5. (Mil.)
Defn: The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. Farrow.
FORMATIVE
Form"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. formatif.]
1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. Bentley.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
FORMATIVE Form"a*tive, n. (Gram.) (a) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word. (b) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
FORME
For`mé", a. (Her.)