PURGATIVE


Meaning of PURGATIVE in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 serving to purify. 2 strongly laxative.

n. 1 a purgative thing. 2 a laxative.

[ ME f. OF purgatif -ive or LL purgativus (as PURGE) ]

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