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purgative
[ pur-guh-tiv ]
noun
- a purgative medicine or agent; cathartic.
purgative
/ ˈpɜːɡətɪv /
noun
- a drug or agent for purging the bowels
adjective
- causing evacuation of the bowels; cathartic
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Derived Forms
- ˈpurgatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- purga·tive·ly adverb
- non·purga·tive adjective
- non·purga·tive·ly adverb
- un·purga·tive adjective
- un·purga·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of purgative1
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Example Sentences
That makes the playing of a football game not purgative but grotesque in the current context.
The first milk of the cow after calving, is slightly purgative, which is essential to cleanse the stomach of the calf.
It occurs in several recipes of the Anglo-Saxon Leechdoms, as a strong and bitter purgative.
Aloes is more frequently taken than, perhaps, any known purgative.
It is needless to give a purgative without bleeding, as, till this is done, it will not operate.
Abster′gent, serving to cleanse; Abster′sive, having the quality of cleansing: purgative.
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