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Webster 1913 Edition
Digestive
Di-gest′ive
,Adj.
[F.
digestif
, L. digestivus
.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion;
as, the
. digestive
fermentsDigestive
cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson.
Digestive apparatus
, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.
– Digestive salt
, the chloride of potassium.
Di-gest′ive
,Noun.
1.
That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine.
Chaucer.
That
digestive
[a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. Blackw. Mag.
2.
(Med.)
(a)
A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration.
Dunglison.
(b)
A tonic.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Digestive
DIGESTIVE
,Adj.
1.
Having the power to cause digestion in the stomach; as a digestive preparation or medicine.2.
Capable of softening and preparing by heat.3.
Methodizing; reducing to order; as digestive thought.4.
Causing maturation in wounds or ulcers.5.
Dissolving.DIGESTIVE
,Noun.
1.
In medicine, any preparation or medicine which increases the tone of the stomach, and aids digestion; a stomachic; a corroborant.2.
In surgery, an application which ripens an ulcer or wound, or disposes it to suppurate.Digestive salt, the muriate of potash.