fotive
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fovere, fotum (“to keep warm, to cherish”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fotive (comparative more fotive, superlative most fotive)
- (obsolete) nourishing
- 1633, Thomas Carew, Coelum Britanicum:
- barren seeds
That drop from heaven, if I not cherish them
With my distilling dews, and fotive heat
References edit
“fotive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.