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Webster 1913 Edition
Excitive
Ex-cit′ive
,Adj.
Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
[R.]
Bamfield.
Ex-cit′ive
,Noun.
That which excites; an excitant.
[R.]
Definition 2024
excitive
excitive
English
Adjective
excitive (comparative more excitive, superlative most excitive)
- (archaic) excited
- Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
- 1818, John Armstrong, Practical illustrations of the scarlet fever, measles, pulmonary consumption, and chronic diseases
- What I have denominated the common excitive fever, is a febrile affection common to almost every climate, but particularly to that of Great Britain […]
- 1818, John Armstrong, Practical illustrations of the scarlet fever, measles, pulmonary consumption, and chronic diseases
Noun
excitive (plural excitives)
- (archaic) That which excites; an excitant.