a. rare. [f. L. crēdit- ppl. stem of crēd-ĕre to believe + -IVE.]
a. Having the attribute of believing. b. Of the nature of belief or intellectual assent.
1846. O. Brownson, Wks., V. 498. Simple human reason is not the creditive subject.
1868. Bushnell, Serm. Living Subj., 58. This faith … is no mere creditive assent or conviction.
