a. Obs. rare. [a. OF. consolatif, -ive, ad. late L. consōlātīv-us (Isidore), f. consōlāt- ppl. stem: see -IVE.] Consolatory.
1491. Caxton, Vitas Patr., II. (W. de W., 1495), 232 a/2. Thou sholdest … haue warned hym by wordes consolatyue.
1655. trans. Francion, 16. All the consolative Arguments his invention could suggest.
