PURGATIVE


Meaning of PURGATIVE in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. serving to purify.

2 strongly laxative.

--n.

1. a purgative thing.

2 a laxative.

Etymology: ME f. OF purgatif -ive or LL purgativus (as PURGE)

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