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
Example Sentences
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And there is, too, a sanative quality in that feeling.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
Asses' milk, long celebrated for its sanative qualities, more closely resembles that of a woman than any other.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Smeared with that sanative soil, he might have been born again—no more a leper.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
When Braid discovered that hypnosis could be induced without passes, the mesmerists felt that their theory of a sanative effluence was dangerously attacked.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
Since I had seen him, society had emulated the State in the practice of a truly sanative attitude toward him.
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean
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