What does the word curative mean?
Usage examples for curative
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This healing fountain is not exhausted of its curative power by the early comers. – Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
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On the other hand, by denying it our attention and opposing it with curative autosuggestions, we reduce its power to the minimum and should succeed in overcoming it entirely. – The Practice of Autosuggestion by C. Harry Brooks
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When a medical written charm is wholly unintelligible, its curative virtue is thereby much enhanced. – Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence
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There are, upon the whole, no people more destitute of curative means than these. – Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 (of 2) by Sir William Edward Parry
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The palpable and overt dose the child rejects; but that which is cunningly insinuated by the aid of jam or honey is accepted unconsciously, and goes on its curative mission. – A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman
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