"curative" meaning in English

See curative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/ Forms: more curative [comparative], most curative [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French curatif. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|curatif}} Middle French curatif Head templates: {{en-adj}} curative (comparative more curative, superlative most curative)
  1. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness. Translations (possessing the ability to cure): шифалы (şifalı) (Bashkir), дарыу (darıw) (Bashkir), лечебен (lečeben) (Bulgarian), curatiu (Catalan), curatief (Dutch), lekjandi (Faroese), parantava (Finnish), curatif (French), heilend (German), heilkräftig (German), gyógyító (Hungarian), gyógyhatású (Hungarian), gyógy- (Hungarian), kuratif (Indonesian), curativo (Italian), whakaoraora (Maori), curativo (Portuguese), भेषज (bheṣaja) (Sanskrit), curativo (Spanish), iachusol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-curative-en-adj-83DgAxup Disambiguation of 'possessing the ability to cure': 96 4
  2. (figurative, by extension) Remediative. Tags: broadly, figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: curatively, curativeness, noncurative, subcurative Related terms: therapeutic, remedial
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} curative (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something" Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations ((grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"): kuratiivinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-curative-en-adj-fMPtdc6J Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/ Forms: curatives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French curatif. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|curatif}} Middle French curatif Head templates: {{en-noun}} curative (plural curatives)
  1. A substance that acts as a cure.
    Sense id: en-curative-en-noun-yohnkR7~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "possessing the ability to cure",
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      "roman": "bheṣaja",
      "sense": "possessing the ability to cure",
      "word": "भेषज"
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      "sense": "possessing the ability to cure",
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      "sense": "possessing the ability to cure",
      "word": "iachusol"
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        "A substance that acts as a cure."
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