Purificative

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having power to purify or cleanse.
  • Word Usage
    ""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.""