adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A relaxant.

   "you are troubled with some ligatures i' th' neck of your vesica[…]therefore you must use relaxatives"

Adjective

1. 1
   Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"you are troubled with some ligatures i' th' neck of your vesica[…]therefore you must use relaxatives"

Etymology

From relax + -ative.

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