(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:22:30

Pur"ga*tive (?), a [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.]

Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.

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n. Med.

A purging medicine; a cathartic.

 

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