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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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 F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
He believed primarily in a sanative effluence, and his method seems to have been a combination of passes, suggestion, and a supposed "metallotherapy" or "magneto-therapy"—the celebrated baquet—which no doubt was merely a form of suggestion.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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 William Wistar Comfort
Since I had seen him, society had emulated the State in the practice of a truly sanative attitude toward him.
From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells
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 William Dean Howells
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