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oppilative

oppilative adjective: obstructive.

Adjective

oppilative (comparative more oppilative, superlative most oppilative)

  1. (obsolete) Obstructive.
    • And if some have found it oppilative, it hath come by the too too much use of it ; as when one drinkes over much wine , instead of comforting and warming himselfe , he breeds and nourisheth cold diseases1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American His Travail by Sea and Land

Noun

oppilative (plural oppilatives)

  1. (obsolete) A medicine that obstructs, or closes the pores.

Forms of oppilative

Adjective
comparativemore oppilative
superlativemost oppilative
Noun
pluraloppilatives

Origin of oppilative

Compare French opilatif. See oppilate.

Words formed from oppilative

Questions about oppilative

What does oppilative mean?
Oppilative means obstructive.
What part of speech is oppilative?
Oppilative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near oppilative in the dictionary

  1. oppilated
  2. oppilates
  3. oppilating
  4. oppilation
  5. oppilations
  6. oppilative
  7. oppilatives
  8. opping
  9. oppings
  10. Oppland
  11. opplete

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