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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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
Hence the reader will perceive that our aim is to depart from the popular debilitating and life-destroying practice, and approach as near as possible to the sanative.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Then human duties, lowly though they may be, have their sanative and salutary influence on our whole frame of being.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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
Wherefore not eat snails? they are known to be nutritious and wholesome, and even sanative in some cases.
From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous
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