| 释义 |
† ˈactative Obs. rare—1.
[f. act v., by form-assoc. with words like purgative, restorative, provocative, of which the basis is not the Eng. purge, restore, provoke, but L. purgāre, etc.; see -ative.]
? A thing that animates or energizes. See act v. 1.
1605Timme Quersitanus i. xiii. 53 A certaine red ocre..an asswager of things and a right actative and a great mitigator of all griefes and paines. |