subscriptive adjective4 •Of or pertaining to subscription (signing up and usually paying for something).The subscriptive type of operation would allow for the identification of travel demands and the service of these travel demands according to pre-booked or standing requests. — 1973 •Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.I made the messenger wait, while I transcribed it. I have endeavoured to imitate the subscriptive part; and in the Letter made pauses, where, to the best of my remembrance, she paused. — 1785 •Of or pertaining to belief in or commitment to something.A conscious effort must be made to be more environmentally friendly and subscriptive to the tenets of sustainable development. — 2003 •Derived from the choices of the user or client.We also wanted the teachers to learn how to be "subscriptive" instead of "prescriptive." — 1972