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comparative more curative, superlative most curative
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness. quotations examples
Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences."
1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 384
He was just as interested in preventive care as he was in curative measures.
2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 41
(figurative, by extension) Remediative. examples
plural curatives
A substance that acts as a cure. examples
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(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something" examples