curative
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French curatif.
Adjective edit
curative (comparative more curative, superlative most curative)
- Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
- The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 384:
- Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences."
- 2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 41:
- He was just as interested in preventive care as he was in curative measures.
- (figurative, by extension) Remediative.
- a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony
Translations edit
possessing the ability to cure
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See also edit
Noun edit
curative (plural curatives)
- A substance that acts as a cure.
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
curative (not comparable)
- (grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
- Hypernym: causative
Usage notes edit
- Curative verbs are common in Uralic languages.
Translations edit
(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
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Further reading edit
- 2011 article by Geda Paulsen in Linguistica Uralica, available online in The Free Library [1]
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