Ĕs'ti-mā'tive, a.

adjective

a. [It. estimativo, Pr. estimatiu, Fr. estimatif. See ESTEEM.]

Sense 1. Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.

We find in animals an estimative or judicial faculty. Hale.

Sense 2. Imaginative. [Rare.]