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† ˈlavative Obs.
[f. L. lav-āre to wash + -ative.]
A draught to wash down food or medicine.
1633Hart Diet of Diseased i. viii. 30 Now and then they will afford themselves a cup of good liquor, as a lavative, to wash downe this rubbish. Ibid. iii. xv. 288 As for the lavative, ordinarily given after purgations..it is hard to determine the particular houre. |