maturative

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English maturatif, from Middle French maturatif, from Medieval Latin mātūrātīvus. By surface analysis, mature +‎ -ative or maturate +‎ -ive. === Noun === maturative (plural maturatives) (medicine, historical) A remedy used in medieval medicine to promote maturation; a maturant. (linguistics, rare) A verb that implies the process of growth, progress or maturation === Adjective === maturative (comparative more maturative, superlative most maturative) Tending to promote maturation or progress. (medicine) Progressing through distinct phases or stages. (medicine, of the stage of a maturative disease or process) Final. Pertaining to the process of maturation. Characteristic of healthy emotional maturity. == Middle English == === Noun === maturative alternative form of maturatif === Adjective === maturative alternative form of maturatif