medicative

[med-i-key-tiv] /ˈmɛd ɪˌkeɪ tɪv/

adjective

medicinal.

Origin of medicative

Medieval Latin

1635-1645

From the Medieval Latin word medicātīvus, dating back to 1635-45. See medicate, -ive

Related forms

antimedicative, adjective

nonmedicative, adjective

unmedicative, adjective

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Adjective expresses ideas, simple, abstract, general and medicative; it is an abstraction in the substantive.

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