urinative

English

Etymology

From urine +‎ -ative.

Adjective

urinative (comparative more urinative, superlative most urinative)

1. Provoking the flow of urine; diuretic.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     medicines urinative do not work by rejection and indigestion , as solutive do

2. (archaic) of, or related to urine or urination; urinary

References

• “urinative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.