sanative
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of sanative
1400–50; < Medieval Latin sānātīvus ( see sanatory, -ive); replacing late Middle English sanatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above
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Aurora laughed and reinforced her expression of jolly matter-of-factness, looking into his eyes with eyes of sanative fun.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
Nevertheless, this arrow with its barbed hooks was torn out of my heart; and the question then was, how the inward sanative power of youth could be brought to one's aid.
From Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold
By a second class of aromatics, with which Dr. Solander composed this sanative tea, is such as have a bitter astringency joined to their volatile oil and salt.
From A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Hugh Smith
The war has produced no other book like 'Professor Latimer's Progress,' with its sanative masculine blend of deep feeling, fluid intelligence, and heart-easing mirth, its people a joyous company.
From Home Fires in France by Dorothy Canfield
Let him eschew such hyper-erudite monstrosities—let him stick to the 'recital' of sane and sanative music, and he will attain a reputation above all contemporary musical mono-facturers—and what is more, deserve it.'
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
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