[ey-juh
n-tiv] 
| 1. | pertaining to, or productive of, a form that indicates an agent or agency. |
| 2. | (in case grammar) pertaining to the semantic role or case of a noun phrase that indicates the volitional or primary causer of the action expressed by a verb. |
| 3. | an agentive word or suffix. |
| 4. | the agentive case. |
| a·gen·tive (ə-gěn'tĭv) adj. Of or relating to a linguistic form or construction that indicates an agent or agency, as the suffix -er in singer. n. An agentive form or construction. |