discussiveadj.n.

1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 122 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Euery Sulfur (sayeth Galen) hath drawyng power, is whotte of temperament of nature discussiue, also swiftly concoctiue.

1580 Breif Descr. Well of Woman Hil A iij [The water] being laxatiue, attenuatiue..and discussiue.

1628 T. Venner Treat. Tobacco (1650) 407 Its faculty being both discussive and expulsive.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Burdock It..is discussive and bitter to the taste.

1827 Eclectic & Gen. Dispensatory 589/2 Turmeric..aromatic, tonic, discussive, and heating.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 18 Things..not discussive for questions or disputes.

1644 J. Maxwell Answer to Worthy Gentleman Presbyteriall Govt. 30 [They] have vocem deliberativam, vocem decisivam, have a debating, discussive voyce.

1647 J. Ellis Vindiciæ Catholicæ 6 Church power..is first Doctrinall; viz. Teaching Discussive, Determinative and concluding (in points of controversie) by the Word.

1644 J. Milton in tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce To Parl. sig. B4^v Ready, in a fair and christianly discussive way, to debate and sift this matter.

1794 Brit. Critic July 27 A set of remarks, discussive of various incidents which are recorded by the Evangelical writers.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 125 Judiciously curtailed of some..verbose discussive scenes.

1887 A. Hunt Let. 16 Apr. in M. Sturge Memorials & Lett. A. Hunt (1898) vii. 108 The book was often laid aside and the time occupied by earnest talk, personal or discussive.

1921 J. F. Porte Sir E. Elgar 10 His conversation often referred to anything but music, and on his art he could cover a wild field of discussive matter.

1975 Black World May 26/1 Cabral's ideological genius was his persuasive and discussive practicality, honesty, tolerance, and adaptive inclusiveness.

2008 Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 53 The US has a more discussive culture than we do. People like to debate things.

1645 A. Grosse Christ Christians Choice 22 There is..a knowledge experiamentall, a knowledge discussive and a knowledge practicall.

1698 J. Cockburn Bourignianism Detected i. 16 Those Rational discussive Faculties which help others to the knowledge of Truth.

1805 W. Perry Synonymous Eng. Dict. Know, to perceive with certainty whether intuitive or discussive.

1867 F. Garden Outl. Logic 3 The human mind must go through the discussive process.

1908 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 5 569 When we conceive and attempt to carry out a purpose, to satisfy some interest other than the mere exercise of discussive thought.

1970 Gnomon 42 447 Proof that λογισμός need not be confined in meaning to discussive thought-processes.

1981 E. C. Rust Relig., Revelation & Reason i. 22 Discussive reason always leans back upon an absolute presupposition or faith-hypothesis.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. i. 59 You must minister mollefiing medicines (that is) lineseed, fenugreeke, mallowes, Altheæ tragaganthum, and such like... After that vse discussiues (as is) hisope, figs, licorice, decoct togither.

1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 92 Beware of immoderate discussiues.

1678 J. Browne Compl. Disc. Wounds xxxvii. 188 Repulsives are here to be used to the 4th day, then to use Discussives, beginning with such as are milde.

1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. Introd. p. vii/2 Discussives rarefy and make thin, causing the Matter to be dissipated.

1790 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. (new ed.) I. 496 It is greatly to be wished that physicians..would prescribe it [sc. calcium chloride] in many of those cases in which the usual discussives are found not to act with sufficient efficacy.

1843 Provinc. Med. Jrnl. 6 266/2 The mere plaster of rigo cum mercurio, ointments containing hydriodate of potash.., or equal parts of extract of cicuta with mercurial ointment.., will answer as excellent discussives, and hasten the cure.

1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 6 These being artificially and discussively fastened to this Loadstone.

1829 Sentinel (Cincinnati, Ohio) 17 Oct. 10/1 The serpent and the woman..discussively treat on the tree of good and evil.

1992 W. B. Stanley Curriculum for Utopia vi. 200 For Habermas..truth claims can only be justified discussively, by argumentative corroboration.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Discussiveness, dissolving or dispersing quality.