incarnative, a. and n.
(ɪnˈkɑːnətɪv)
[a. obs. F. incarnatif, -ive (early 16th c.), ‘flesh-bringing, flesh-breeding’ (Cotgr.), ad. med.L. incarnātīvus, It. incarnativo (Florio), f. as incarnate v. + -ive.]
A. adj.
1. Having the quality of incarning; promoting the growth of flesh in a wound or sore.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 153 Medicyns comfortatiuis & incarnatiuis [MS. B. Incarnatyfes]. Ibid. 342 Regeneratiue, & incarnatiue [medicines], & facientes carnem nasci, ben oon to seie. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. L j b, There ben thre maners. One is incarnatyue and it competeth to newe woundes, and fractures. 1563 T. Gale Antidot. i. ix. 6 Medicines incarnatiue, which doe also ingender fleshe. 1614 T. Adams Devil's Banquet 329 Your exulcerated sores cannot bee healed with incarnative salues. 1694 Salmon Bate's Disp. i. (1713) 312/2 Mercury is the Balsam of Nature, in which is an incarnative and regenerative Vertue. |
† 2. Humorously or blunderingly used for incarnate (here = ‘arrant’: see incarnate a. 1, note).
| 1594 Greene & Lodge Looking Glasse i. Wks. (Rtldg.) 119/2 Paltry!..why, you incarnative knave, what are you that you speak petty treason? |
B. n. An incarnative medicine or application: see A. 1.
| 1568 G. Skeyne The Pest (1860) 43 Curatiuis and incarnatiues succedis. 1643 I. Steer tr. Exp. Chyrurg. viii. 36 To Vlcers already mundified, it is best to use Incarnatives. 1720 Becket in Phil. Trans. XXXI. 53 He scraped it with an Instrument for several Days, and drest it with Incarnatives, designing to have ingendred Flesh on it. |