SOLUTIVE

Etymology

Adjective

solutive (comparative more solutive, superlative most solutive)

(rare) Tending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.

loosening (of strictness of contractual terms), through gradual dissolution of binding obligations (as of a previously agreed-upon contract)

Anagrams

• levitous, lives out, outlives, ovulites

Source: Wiktionary


Sol"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. solutif.]

Definition: Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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