English Explanatory Dictionary

solutive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
  2. loosening (of strictness of contractual terms), through gradual dissolution of binding obligations (as of a previously agreed-upon contract)
noun
  1. A laxative medicine.

Word forms

solutive more solutive most solutive solutives

Etymology

From Medieval Latin solutivus, from Latin solutus (the past participle of solvere) + -ive (from the Latin suffix -ivus). Compare French solutif.

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