Aperitive
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having a stimulating effect on the appet-te.
an .
an appet-te stimulant.
historical examples
the aperitive virtue of a key, the attractive virtue of a hook.
pascal’s penses blaise pascal
the aperitive virtue of a key, the attractive virtue of a crook.
the thoughts of blaise pascal blaise pascal
aperient roots,1535 aperitive species; species diuretic, l. 1.
cooley’s practical receipts, volume ii arnold cooley
he discussed the “efficacy” of millepedes, which he found to be “very diuretical and aperitive.”
medical investigation in seventeenth century england charles w. bodemer
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