evacuative, a. and n.
(ɪˈvækjuːətɪv)
[a. F. évacuatif, -ive, f. évacuer, ad. L. ēvacuāre: see evacuate and -ive.]
A. adj. That evacuates or empties (the bowels); cathartic, purgative, evacuant.
| 1611 Cotgr., Evacuatif, euacuatiue; purgative. 1828 in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |
B. n. An evacuative medicine; an evacuant.
| 1656 Ridgley Pract. Physick 50 Palliative is made..by evacuatives and alteratives. |