Obs. rare–1. [f. ACT, by form-assoc. with words like purgative, restorative, provocative, of which the basis is not the Eng. purge, restore, provoke, but L. purgāre, etc.; see -ATIVE.] ? A thing that animates or energizes. See ACT v. 1.
1605. Timme, Quersitanus, I. xiii. 53. A certaine red ocre … an asswager of things and a right actative and a great mitigator of all griefes and paines.
