Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧenerātī̆f n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧenerātī̆f n. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Anat. The power which produces bodily tissues or organs; (b) surg. a medicine that promotes the regeneration of lost tissue.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)53a/b : Þai ar not gendred of materie ordinate, bot of superfluite, not of vertue first informatif, bot of nutrityue inducyng þe acte of the generatif [L actum generatiue].
b
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)49/41 : Þenne..brynge ouere fflesch ouere þe repeyrment with generatyffes [Ashm: regeneratiuis], mundificatiuis & consolidatiuis.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)78/203 : To make A corasife or a generitife for a mormal..take..raw alyme and..snayles howses..and breene heme on a tyle stone [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. generative.