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English
Etymology
Compare French opilatif. See oppilate.
Adjective
oppilative (comparative more oppilative, superlative most oppilative)
- (obsolete) Obstructive.
1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American His Travail by Sea and Land:And if some have found it oppilative, it hath come by the too too much use of it ; as when one drinkes over much wine , instead of comforting and warming himselfe , he breeds and nourisheth cold diseases
Noun
oppilative (plural oppilatives)
- (obsolete) A medicine that obstructs, or closes the pores.
References
Italian
Adjective
oppilative f
- feminine plural of oppilativo