Meanings
comparative more sanative · superlative most sanative
- That cures or restores; curative or restorative.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to cure or restore to health
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsānātus
- Early Medieval Latinsānātīvus
- Middle Frenchsanatif
- Middle Englishsanatif
- Englishsanative
From Middle English sanatif, sanative, sanatyf, sanatyfe, sanatyve, from Middle French sanatif, from Early Medieval Latin sānātīvus, from Latin sānātus, from sānō, from sānus.
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Bulgarian целе́бен
- целе́бен (celében)that cures
Russian целе́бный
- целе́бный (celébnyj)that cures
Welsh iachusol
- iachusolthat cures
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Cite this entry
sanative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanative
“sanative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanative.
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