a. Obs. rare1. [f. L. exhālāt- ppl. stem of exhālāre (see EXHALE) + -IVE.] Of a nature to be exhaled; exhalable.
1594. Plat, Jewell-ho., New sorts Soyle, 25. When they [corne and other seedes] are ripe the exhalatiue water flyeth away, and the generatiue remaineth.