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View synonyms for purgative
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.
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The first milk of the cow after calving, is slightly purgative, which is essential to cleanse the stomach of the calf.
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It occurs in several recipes of the Anglo-Saxon Leechdoms, as a strong and bitter purgative.
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Aloes is more frequently taken than, perhaps, any known purgative.
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It is needless to give a purgative without bleeding, as, till this is done, it will not operate.
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Abster′gent, serving to cleanse; Abster′sive, having the quality of cleansing: purgative.
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