sanative

[san-uh-tiv]

adjective

1. having the power to heal; curative.

sanative

/ ˈsænətɪv /

adjective

1. a less common word for curative

Other Word Forms

• nonsanative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanative¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanative¹

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

Example Sentences

The incident came at a particularly sanative time in France, which is still reeling from a deadly assault by Islamic State extremists last month.

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Absolutely plastered … send us your favourite sanative songs.

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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.'

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After this, they would hang him up again, so that the medicine of the rope, the board, and the bucket, had a fair opportunity to exert their sanative properties.

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When Braid discovered that hypnosis could be induced without passes, the mesmerists felt that their theory of a sanative effluence was dangerously attacked.

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Related Words

• corrective 
• healthful 
• invigorating 
• medicinal 
• remedial 
• salutary 
• therapeutic