| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory.[Websters]
2. Being chalybeate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being laxative, cathartic or purgative. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb depuratively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (depuratively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective depurative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPURATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
