sanative (sanativ)

[=Pg. It. sanativo, It hath been noted by the ancients that wounds which are made with bra heal more easily than wounds made with iron. The cause is for that bra hath in it selfe a sanative vertue. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 787. The doctor. declared him much better, which he imputed to that sanative soporiferous draught. Fielding , Joseph Andrews, i. 16. Thine be such converse strong and sanative , A ladder for thy spirit to reascend To health and joy and pure contentedne . Words worth, Prelude, xi.