† cerative,a.Obs. [f. L. cerāt-ppl. stem of cerāre to wax: see -ive.] That causes ceration. Also as n. a cerative substance. 1650Ashmole Chym. Collect. 51 Oil it self, the cerative of all Elements.1678R. R[ussell]tr.Geber iv. xxiii. 269 Our other Philosophical Cerative Water.