Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
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- adjective Having power to
purify orcleanse .
Etymologies
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Compare French purificatif.
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Examples
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"This book," says Dr. DODGE, of Owego, N.Y., "contains more that is weighty in fact, and sound in philosophy; more that is useful in medical science and effective in medical art; more that is purificative and elevative of man than any one work, in volumes few or many that has ever grace the Librarie Medicale of civilization."
The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses P. R. Kincaid
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