sanative
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonsanative adjective
Etymology
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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We have paid considerable attention to the treatment of disease in this class of animals, and have generally found that must of their maladies will yield very readily to our sanative agents.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
But I wonder," he went on, "that it doesn't produce more moralists of a sanative type than it has.
From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean
The magnetism of his presence in the military hospitals was more sanative than the doctors' physic.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
An enquiry having been made into the nature, preparation, and manner of using the sanative tea, there only remains to conclude this Second Part of the Essay with the consideration of its EFFECTS.
From A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Smith, Hugh
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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