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dilative, a.|daɪˈleɪtɪv|
[f. dilate v.2 + -ive.]
1. Having the property of dilating or expanding (trans. and intr.) = dilatative.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. iii. i. (1678) 52 The Vital [faculty] is divided into the dilative and contractive faculty of the heart and arteries. 1671Grew Anat. Plants i. ii. §4 A Body Porous, Dilative and Pliable. 1808Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 408 The..astringent power, comparatively uncounteracted by the dilative. Ibid. 411 The dilative force.
†2. Serving to diffuse (the food). Obs.
1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. P, Drinkynge delatiue is moste conuenient after the fyrst digestion regularlye. 1589Cogan Haven Health ccxv. (1636) 233 If any of these three uses of drinke be omitted, the drinke delative may be best spared. 1620Venner Via Recta (1650) 275 This drinking of Wine or Beer between meales..may well be termed both dilutive and dilative. 1634H. R. Salerne's Regim. 90 Regularly, conuenient drinke dilatiue, or permixtiue, ought to be Wine, Ale, Beere, Perry, or such like. |