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) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012