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maturative, a. and n.|məˈtjʊərətɪv|
Also 5 maturatif, -yf.
[a. F. maturatif, ad. L. mātūrātīv-us, f. mātūrāre to mature.]
A. adj.
1. Med. That causes maturation or the formation of pus; pertaining to or characterized by maturation. (Cf. matterative.)
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 44 He leide þerto a plastre maturatijf. 1543Traheron tr. Vigo's Chirurg. ii. i. 14/1 We haue seen that coruption of an Aposteme hath chaunced thorough defaute of appliynge conuenyent maturatyue Medicines. 1568G. Skeyne The Pest (1862) 42 Quhilk is maruelous maturatiue, distroyand all venome. 1620Venner Via Recta v. 88 Butter..is of a moystning, mollifying, maturatiue, and resolutiue faculty. 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 92 Birdlime is maturative. 1831J. Davies Mat. Med. 391 Its leaves bruised and boiled are frequently used as a maturative poultice. 1858J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 810/1 The maturative, or suppurative stage [of small-pox].
†2. Having the power or function of maturing or ripening (fruits, etc.); of or pertaining to maturation.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xiii. 227 They..have their second Summer hotter and more maturative of fruits then the former. 1658― Gard. Cyrus iii. Hydriot, etc. 50 The maturative progresse of Seeds. 1685Boyle Salubr. Air 35 Some maturative power, whereby an inanimate Body may gradually admit of such a change.
B. n. A maturative remedy.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xxi. (1495) 239 Thenne men must werke fyrste wyth colde maturatiues rypynge. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 211 If þer haþ be leid þerto ony maturatif so þat þe mater þerof be rotid, þan opene it. 1543Traheron tr. Vigo's Chirurg. ii. i. 14/1 Auicenne..counselleth vs, to applye colde and moyste maturatyues. 1665G. Harvey Advice agst. Plague 27 We are to give them [tumours] vent as speedily as possible, by applying..Maturatives. 1743tr. Heister's Surg. 183 These compound Maturatives. 1831J. Davies Mat. Med. 195 It is employed as a maturative and stimulant. 1855Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 12), Maturative, a medicine which favours the maturation of an inflammatory tumour. |