a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. type *tactīvus, f. tact-, ppl. stem (see TACT and -IVE).] Of or characterized by touching: = TACTILE a. 2.
1634. T. Johnson, Parey’s Chirurg., I. x. (1678), 15. That [Spirit] which is carried to the instruments of Touching, is termed the Tactive.
1644. Bulwer, Chirol., 171. Although this touching vertue or tactive quality be diffused through the whole body within and without.
