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purgative

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Purgative \Pur"ga*tive\, a. [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.]
   Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n.
   (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.
   [1913 Webster]

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