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medicative, a.|ˈmɛdɪkətɪv|
[f. medicate v. + -ive. Cf. med.L. medicātīvus.]
Having the function or power of curing; curative.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xviii. §9. 165 If those vapors be ioyned with any medicatiue quality or body. 1814D. Stewart Hum. Mind II. iv. §6. 471 Those physicians who profess to follow Nature..by watching and aiding her medicative powers. 1866R. Chambers Ess. Ser. ii. 111 Oh, Nature,..Thy breath, thy voice, thy placid face, how truly medicative they are. |