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sanative

[san-uh-tiv] / ˈsæn ə tɪv /


ADJECTIVE
curing
Synonyms
STRONG




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Nevertheless, this arrow with its barbed hooks was torn out of my heart; and the question then was, how the inward sanative power of youth could be brought to one's aid.

From Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold

We have paid considerable attention to the treatment of disease in this class of animals, and have generally found that must of their maladies will yield very readily to our sanative agents.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

Wherefore not eat snails? they are known to be nutritious and wholesome, and even sanative in some cases.

From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous

Asses' milk, long celebrated for its sanative qualities, more closely resembles that of a woman than any other.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

After the great revulsion from the excesses of the French Revolution, she was with him a continually sanative influence. 

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by John Campbell Shairp




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