ˈejəˌkād.]iv, -āt], ]ēv also ]əv adjective
1. : having to do with education : educational
the problem is also an educative one — John Dewey
2. : tending to educate : instructive
much that is educative occurs outside the school — Paul Woodring
the able editor … makes his paper a real educative force in community and nation — F.L.Mott