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Webster 1913 Edition

(spō′lĭ-ā̍-tĭv)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

spoliatif

Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp.

(Med.)

, serving to diminish sensibly the amount of blood in the body;

as,

spoliative

bloodletting

spoliative ‎(comparative more spoliative, superlative most spoliative)

Serving to take away, diminish, or rob.
1. (medicine, dated) Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.
  spoliative bloodletting