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sanative

[ san-uh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

sanative

/ ˈsænətɪv /

1400–50; < Medieval Latin sānātīvus ( sanatory, -ive ); replacing late Middle English sanatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above

C15: from Medieval Latin sānātīvus, from Latin sānāre to heal, from sānus healthy

Asses' milk, long celebrated for its sanative qualities, more closely resembles that of a woman than any other.

The magnetism of his presence in the military hospitals was more sanative than the doctors' physic.

And you don't think two years' prison, two years' slavery, was sanative enough without the denial of his just compensation?

Since I had seen him, society had emulated the State in the practice of a truly sanative attitude toward him.

The mind thus becomes "a silent, transforming, sanative energy" of great potency and power.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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