urinative

English

Etymology

From urine +‎ -ative.

Adjective

urinative (comparative more urinative, superlative most urinative)

  1. Provoking the flow of urine; diuretic.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      medicines urinative do not work by rejection and indigestion , as solutive do
  2. (archaic) of, or related to urine or urination; urinary

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