† spermativeadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Spermatic.
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spermative?1541
spermal1642
spermic1858
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Cj I say secondly that no membres sparmatyf after the losse of theyr substaunce maye nat regenerate.
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. vii. 267 The brain..is the most excellent of the spermatiue parts.
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