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maturatives

maturatives is the plural of maturative.

Meaning of maturative

Noun

maturative (plural maturatives)

  1. (historical) A remedy used in medieval medicine to promote maturation; a maturant.
    • Maturatives, or alterative Medicines in the Chest and Ship to be had are very many , yea more then I can call to mind at this time , wherefore to be brief , Emplastrum Diachylon cum Gummis I put for the principal , for it is for that purpose only, Parqacelsus Plaisters applyed thick spread, the...1655, John Woodall, The Surgeons Mate, page 143
  2. (rare) A verb that implies the process of growth, progress or maturation
    • What is characteristic of the maturatives as a kind of special case of the conformatives is the factor of growth, of alteration in time, but also something more, as we shall presently see.1971, Foundations of Language: Supplementary series, page 367

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Questions about maturatives

What is maturatives the plural of?
Maturatives is the plural of maturative.

Words near maturatives in the dictionary

  1. maturational
  2. maturationally
  3. maturationism
  4. maturations
  5. maturative
  6. maturatives
  7. mature
  8. mature BL
  9. mature minor
  10. mature minors
  11. mature student

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