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AEstivalAEstival [AE]s"ti*val, a. [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas
summer.]
Of or belonging to the summer; as, [ae]stival diseases.
[Spelt also estival.] AEstivateAEstivate [AE]s"ti*vate, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]
1. To spend the summer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt
also estivate.] AEstivationAEstivation [AE]s`ti*va"tion, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and
dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to
hibernation.
2. (Bot.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as
to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. --Gray.
[Spelt also estivation.] aestivumSnowflake Snow"flake`, n.
1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See Snowbird, 1.
3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
Leucoium (L. vernum, [ae]stivum, etc.) resembling
the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal
size. Arrestive
Arrestive Ar*rest"ive (-[i^]v), a.
Tending to arrest. --McCosh.
Attestive
Attestive At*test"ive, a.
Attesting; furnishing evidence.
Clupea aestivalisBlueback Blue"back`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of
Maine.
(b) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and
northward.
(c) An American river herring (Clupea [ae]stivalis),
closely allied to the alewife. Congestive
Congestive Con*gest"ive, a. (Med.)
Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in
some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.
DigestiveDigestive Di*gest"ive, a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote
digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive 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. Digestive
Digestive Di*gest"ive, n.
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.]
Digestive apparatusDigestive Di*gest"ive, a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote
digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive 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. Digestive saltDigestive Di*gest"ive, a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote
digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive 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. estivalAEstival [AE]s"ti*val, a. [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas
summer.]
Of or belonging to the summer; as, [ae]stival diseases.
[Spelt also estival.] EstivalEstival Es"ti*val, a., Estivate Es"ti*vate, v. i.,
Estivation Es`ti*va"tion, n.
Same as [AE]stival, [AE]stivate, etc. estivateAEstivate [AE]s"ti*vate, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]
1. To spend the summer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt
also estivate.] EstivateEstival Es"ti*val, a., Estivate Es"ti*vate, v. i.,
Estivation Es`ti*va"tion, n.
Same as [AE]stival, [AE]stivate, etc. estivationAEstivation [AE]s`ti*va"tion, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and
dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to
hibernation.
2. (Bot.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as
to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. --Gray.
[Spelt also estivation.] EstivationEstival Es"ti*val, a., Estivate Es"ti*vate, v. i.,
Estivation Es`ti*va"tion, n.
Same as [AE]stival, [AE]stivate, etc. FestivalFestival Fes"ti*val, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive
jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.]
Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a
festival; joyous; mirthful.
I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak. FestiveFestive Fes"tive, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast.
See feast, and cf. Festivous.]
Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;
mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.
The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive
mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson. FestivelyFestive Fes"tive, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast.
See feast, and cf. Festivous.]
Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;
mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.
The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive
mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson. FestivousFestivous Fes"ti*vous, a. [See Festive.]
Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. InfestiveInfestive In*fest"ive, a. [L. infestivus. See In- not, and
Festive.]
Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless;
gloomy; forlorn. [R.] Infestivity
Infestivity In`fes*tiv"i*ty, n.
Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness;
cheerlessness. [R.]
IntempestiveIntempestive In`tem*pes"tive, a. [L. intempestivus: cf. F.
intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.]
Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] --Burton.
Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. --Hales. Intempestively
Intempestively In`tem*pes"tive*ly, adv.
Unseasonably. [Obs.]
Investive
Investive In*vest"ive, a.
Investing. [R.] --Mir. for Mag.
Suggestive medicine
Suggestive medicine Sug*gest"ive med"i*cine
Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a
more or less hypnotized patient.
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