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† peˈpastic, a. and n. Obs. rare—0.
[= F. pépastique, mod.L. pepasticum, app. for pepantic-um, fr. Gr. πεπαντικός having the quality of ripening or softening; but cf. Gr. πεπασµός (Hippocrates) = πέπανσις concoction.]
a. adj. Having the quality of ripening or digesting; digestive.
b. n. A medicine that assists digestion, a digestive. So † peˈpastical a. Obs. rare—1.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 699 The temperate Medicament is truly pepastical. 1706Phillips, Pepasticks, Medicines that digest and allay Rawness in the Stomach, etc. 1842Dunglison Med. Lex., Pepastic, a medicine supposed to have the power of favouring the concoction of diseases; maturative. |