fotive

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English

Etymology

From Latin fovere, fotum (“to keep warm, to cherish”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fotive (comparative more fotive, superlative most fotive)

  1. (obsolete) nourishing
    • 1633, Thomas Carew, Coelum Britanicum:
      barren seeds
      That drop from heaven, if I not cherish them
      With my distilling dews, and fotive heat

References

“fotive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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