† scaˈmmoniate, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. mod.L. scammōniātus (neut. -ātum as used subst.), f. L. scammōnium scammony.]
A. adj. Made with or containing scammony; hence, purgative. Also fig.
| 1620 Bp. Andrewes Serm., Holy Ghost xiii. (1629) 740 Neither Scammoniate, tormenting the conscience; nor yet Opiate stupifying it. 1651 Biggs New Disp. §113 A Scammoniate medicine. 1725 Phil. Trans. XXXIII. 389 The hot, scammoniate, aloetic Purgers seem not so proper. |
B. n. A medicine containing scammony; a purgative medicine.
| 1665 M. N. Med. Medicinæ 389 Ill-corrected Scammoniates. |