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▪ I. reˈvellent, n. Med. Now rare or Obs.
Also 9 -ant.
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A revulsive agent.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 330 Straightness of the passages of the brain,..it's cured, if from vapours, by..repellents, revellents, and discutients. 1754Smellie Midwifery II. 35, I thought proper to abstain from revellents. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 38 The erythematic inflammation..proves often useful as a revellant. Ibid. III. 493 Hence the plant has a claim to be considered as an active promoter of absorption as well as a revellent.
▪ II. reˈvellent, a. rare.
[ad. L. revellent-, revellens, pres. pple. of revellĕre: see revel v.2]
Drawing or pulling back; revulsive.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 239 Sudden chills on the surface are possessed of a revellent power. 1838New Monthly Mag. LIV. 25 Human associations, like natural bodies, must be held together by attractive forces stronger than the revellent. |