"purgative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-purgative.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle French purgatif. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{uder|en|frm|purgatif}} Middle French purgatif Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} purgative
  1. (capable of) purging Translations (capable of purging): καθαρτικός (kathartikós) (Ancient Greek), разслабителен (razslabitelen) (Bulgarian), очистителен (očistitelen) (Bulgarian), purgatiu (Catalan), puhdistava (Finnish), purgativus (Latin), purgativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-purgative-en-adj-DvDIWCFg Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 89 11

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-purgative.wav [US] Forms: purgatives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French purgatif. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{uder|en|frm|purgatif}} Middle French purgatif Head templates: {{en-noun}} purgative (plural purgatives)
  1. something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative Translations (something that purges): καθαρτικόν (kathartikón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), разслабително (razslabitelno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), purgeermiddel [neuter] (Dutch), purgatiivi (Finnish), laksatiivi (Finnish), ulostusaine (Finnish), ulostuslääke (Finnish), puhdistusaine (Finnish), καθαρτικό (kathartikó) [neuter] (Greek), purgante [masculine] (Italian), purge [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), tälpālle (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-purgative-en-noun-7YVxFX0m

Inflected forms

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