2. To lengthen out; to extend. [Obs.]
He that doth much . . . products his mortality.
Hackett. 3. To produce; to make. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Productibility
(Pro*duct`i*bil"i*ty) n. The state of being productible; producibility. Ruskin.
Productible
(Pro*duct"i*ble) a. [Cf. F. productible.] Capable of being produced; producible.
Productile
(Pro*duc"tile) a. [L. productilis, fr. producere to stretch out.] Capable of being extended
or prolonged; extensible; ductile.
Production
(Pro*duc"tion) n. [L. productio a lengthening, prolonging: cf. F. production. See Produce.
]
1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities,
of a witness.
2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and
labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Syn. — Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.
Productive
(Pro*duc"tive) a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.]
1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.
2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
productive of heroic achievements.
And kindle with thy own productive fire.
Dryden.
This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit.
Spectator. 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable.
— Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv. — Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
