15 January 2016

sanative

[san-uh-tiv]

adjective

1. having the power to heal; curative.

Origin of sanative

late Middle English Middle French, Medieval Latin
1400-1450; < Medieval Latin sānātīvus (see sanatory, -ive ); replacing late Middle English sanatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above

Related forms

nonsanative, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sanative

Historical Examples

Then there was the charm of the magician, so sanative, so blessed, felt directly any volume of that glorious number was opened.
The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane
Mark Rutherford

Simply because I know a person who possesses the sanative power I speak of.
The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector
William Carleton

And you don’t think two years’ prison, two years’ slavery, was sanative enough without the denial of his just compensation?
Imaginary Interviews
W. D. Howells

Sleep, in short, if not a “matchless” sanative, is at least a universal one.
Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders
William A. Alcott

The mind thus becomes “a silent, transforming, sanative energy” of great potency and power.
The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit
Ralph Waldo Trine

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