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medicative

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med⋅i⋅ca⋅tive

[med-i-key-tiv]
–adjective
medicinal.

Origin:
1635–45; < ML medicātīvus. See medicate, -ive
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med·i·cate   (měd'ĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   med·i·cat·ed, med·i·cat·ing, med·i·cates
  1. To treat with medicine.

  2. To tincture or permeate with a medicinal substance.


[Latin medicāre, medicāt-, from medicus, doctor, from medērī, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
med'i·ca'tive adj.
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