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stimulative, a. and n.|ˈstɪmjʊlətɪv|
[f. L. stimulāre: see stimulate v. and -ative.]
A. adj. Having the property of stimulating; of a stimulating nature or character. Const. of, to.
1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 200 This would be like spreading the stimulative power of manure over large tracts of waste land. 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump. (1876) 217 More stimulative of the risible faculties. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. iii. ii. I. 271 Ulphilas..left out the Books of Kings, as too congenial and too stimulative to their warlike propensities. 1906E. A. Abbott Silanus xvi. 143 This belief I found also stimulative to well-doing.
B. n. Something having a stimulating quality; a motive inciting to action; a stimulus, incentive. Now rare or Obs. (Common c 1750–1800.)
1747Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. xxxi. 225 There are so many stimulatives to such a spirit as mine in this affair, besides love. 1790Bystander 297 Otherwise there could be no stimulative to industry, no encouragement to invention.
†b. = stimulant B. 2. Obs. rare—1.
1808Ann. Reg., Charact. 68 Coffee is not a favourite drink with the Spaniards; he needs no stimulative. |