PURGATIVE Meaning of PURGATIVE in English [pur.ga.tive] adj [ME purgatif, fr. MF, fr. LL purgativus, fr. L purgatus, pp.] (15c): purging or tending to purge [2]purgative n (1626): a purging medicine: cathartic Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012