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† mollificative, a. and n. Obs. Also 5 molyficatyffe, mollificatif(e, 6 molificative. [a. F. mollificatif, -ive, ad. med.L. *mollificātīv-us, f. mollificāre to mollify.] a. adj. That causes mollification or softening. b. n. A medicine or application that softens.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 47 Þe chapitle of medicyns mollificatyues [v.r. molyficatyffes]. Ibid. 211 Þis is a mollificatif þat rasis made. 1590P. Barrough Meth. Physick vii. iv. (1596) 388 If you will make a clyster mollificatiue lacking the things aforesayd, doe thus. Ibid., Then make a clyster partly of mollificatiues & partly of expulsiues. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 32 This unguent is..of temperament cold..mollificative, and attractive. 1656–74in Blount Glossogr. 1775in Ash. |