a. ? Obs. [a. Fr. apertif, -ive:—late L. apertīv-us, f. apert- ppl. stem of aperīre to open: see -IVE.]

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  † 1.  Open, manifest. (So in Fr.) Obs. rare.

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1681.  Blount, Glossogr., Apertive … clear and manifest.

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  2.  = APERIENT.

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1605.  Timme, Quersit., III. 181. Take of the rootes of eryngium … and of the fiue rootes apertive.

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1713.  Lond. & Country Brew., I. (1742), 42. Hops, being endowed with discutient apertive Qualities.

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