sanative
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Origin of sanative
1400–50; < Medieval Latin sānātīvus ( see sanatory, -ive); replacing late Middle English sanatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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That Wisest of Men—so our dear friends may have heard—extols it above history and above philosophy, as the more divine in its origin, the more immediately and intimately salutary and sanative in its use.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
And there is, too, a sanative quality in that feeling.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
After the great revulsion from the excesses of the French Revolution, she was with him a continually sanative influence.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
Hence we must aid the vital power to maintain her empire and resist the encroachments on her sanative operations by the use of antiseptics and stimulants.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
To one who has hived with demons, there is something so simple and sanative about the restoring night—the rest of healing and health.
From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar
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