oppilative

adj, noun — 2 senses

oppilative

adj

Etymology Compare French opilatif. See oppilate.

1

Obsolete Obstructive.

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 diseases1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American His Travail by Sea and Land:

Derived terms: deoppilative

oppilative

noun

Etymology Compare French opilatif. See oppilate.

1

Obsolete A medicine that obstructs, or closes the pores.

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