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Definitions for lambative
lam·bat·ive
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lambativeadjective
Taken by licking.
Etymology: from lambo, to lick.
In affections both of lungs and weazon, physicians make use of syrups, and lambative medicines. Thomas Browne, Vul. Errors.
Lambativenoun
A medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
I stitch’d up the wound, and applied astringents, with compress and retentive bandage, then put him into bed, and let him blood in the arm, advising a lambative, to be taken as necessity should require. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
Webster Dictionary
Lambativeadjective
taken by licking with the tongue
Lambativenoun
a medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture
Etymology: [L. lambere to lick. See Lambent.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lambative
lam′ba-tiv, adj. to be taken by licking.—n. a medicine of such a kind.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lambative in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lambative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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