Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Applicative \Ap"pli*ca*tive\ ([a^]p"pl[i^]*k[asl]*t[i^]v), a.
   [Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See {Apply}.]
   Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory;
   practical. --Bramhall. -- {Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly}, adv.