maturative

English

Etymology

From Middle English maturatif, from Middle French maturatif, from Medieval Latin mātūrātīvus.

Noun

maturative (plural maturatives)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.

Adjective

maturative (comparative more maturative, superlative most maturative)

1. (obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “maturative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Noun

maturative

1. Alternative form of maturatif

Adjective

maturative

1. Alternative form of maturatif