Associations to the word «Alterative»
Verb
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Wiktionary
ALTERATIVE, noun. (medicine) (now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. [from 14th c.]
ALTERATIVE, adjective. Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. [from 15th c.]
Dictionary definition
ALTERATIVE, adjective. Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.