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calmative

Meaning of "calmative" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CALMATIVE

ˈkælmətɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALMATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Calmative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CALMATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of calmative in the English dictionary

The definition of calmative in the dictionary is sedative. Other definition of calmative is a sedative remedy or drug.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CALMATIVE

affirmative · amalgamative · amative · confirmative · consummative · deformative · desquamative · estimative · exclamative · formative · gemmative · informative · nonnormative · normative · performative · preformative · reformative · summative · transformative · uninformative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALMATIVE

callous · calloused · callously · callousness · callow · callowness · calluna · callus · calm · calmant · calming · calmingly · calmly · calmness · calmodulin · calmy · calo · calomel · Calor Gas · calorescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALMATIVE

active · administrative · alternative · collaborative · comparative · conservative · cooperative · creative · decorative · derivative · in the negative · initiative · innovative · legislative · narrative · native · negative · operative · quantitative · relative · representative

Synonyms and antonyms of calmative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «calmative» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CALMATIVE

Find out the translation of calmative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of calmative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «calmative» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

镇静
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

calmative
570 millions of speakers
en

English

calmative
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

शांतिदायक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مهدئ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

успокаивающее средство
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

calmative
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

calmative
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tranquillisant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Menenangkan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Beruhigungsmittel
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

鎮静効果のある
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

진정시키는
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Calming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

calmative
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

calmative
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चिंतनशील
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yatıştırıcı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tranquillante
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

calmative
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

заспокійливий засіб
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

calmant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

calmative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

calmative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lugnande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

calmative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of calmative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALMATIVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of calmative
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «calmative».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about calmative

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALMATIVE»

Discover the use of calmative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to calmative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Expelled/The Calmative/The End with First Love
Above all, the stories crisply plot the narrator's plotless descent into vagrancy, the steeper as it approaches The End. Out of these short works and their patient procedures grew the large canvases of Molloy and Malone Dies.
Samuel Beckett, 2012
2
Food Additive Toxicology
Table 1 Early Flavoring Agents Codified as Pharmaceuticals Agent Action Anethole Calmative Anise oil Calmative Caraway oil Calmative Cardamom oil Calmative, aromatic, stomachic Cinnamon oil Calmative Clove oil Aromatic Coriander oil ...
Maga, 1994
3
The Medical Brief: A Monthly Journal of Scientific Medicine ...
A Splendid Nerve Calmative. I am well pleased with the action of Neurilla. In the case of an anemic patient, suffering from nervous prostration, conditions were promptly relieved by the use of Neurilla. It is a splendid nerve calmative.
4
The Natural Remedy Book For Dogs And Cats
Oat tincture is a calmative and can be used long-term. Scullcap repairs the nervous system and is a calmative; blue vervain aids depression in pets; chamomile helps the clinging, whining pet; and valerian root (the strongest of these) is for ...
Diane Stein, 2004
5
Law Enforcement Responder
Modern less-lethal chemical muni- tions can be classified as lacrimators (tear gas ), inflammatory agents (pepper spray), and incapacitating/calmative agents. The two most commonly encountered lacrimator agents are chloroacetophenone ...
Geoff Shapiro, Dwight A. Polk, Nelson Tang, 2012
6
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
The. Calmative. I Don't Know when I died. It always seemed to me I died old, about ninety years old, and what years, and that my body bore it out, from head to foot. But this evening, alone in my icy bed, I have the feeling I'll be older than the  ...
Samuel Beckett, S. E. Gontarski, 1995
7
The Expelled: The Calmative ; The End ; with First Love
These four stories or ‘nouvelles’ date from 1945, though all were published much later, in French and subsequently in English.
Samuel Beckett, Christopher B. Ricks, 2009
8
Weapons of Mass Casualties and Terrorism Response Handbook
Calmative. Agents. Pharmaceutical agents that are considered calmatives include compounds known to depress or inhibit the function of the central nervous system. These may include sedative hypnotic agents, anesthetic agents, opiate ...
Charles Edward Stewart, 2006
9
Chronicles of Disorder: Samuel Beckett and the Cultural ...
In "The Calmative," the dissolution of the city and the loss of narrative order is intertwined from the outset. If in "The End" and "The Expelled" Beckett was constructing the voice of the beggar in relation to the rejecting/ rejected social reality, ...
David Weisberg, 2000
10
Beckett Before Godot
Even here, however, one feels the difference between 'I swallowed my calmative', an activity which makes the protagonist of The End seem something of a passive victim, and a situation in which the narrator is effectively saying 'I must find a ...
John Pilling, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALMATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term calmative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Beliveau Estate's Lavender Festival offers many ways to celebrate …
... anti-fungal, antidepressant, antiseptic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, analgesic, calmative, detoxifier, hypotensive and sedative. «Roanoke Times, Jun 15»
2
Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain opens in China
Finely panelled walls are complemented by classic rattan fittings and accents, creating a calmative symphony of lightness and space. «Breaking Travel News, Jun 15»
3
Rose parade
“An elixir made with petals, thorns, leaves, stems and hips can be deeply nourishing for nerves and can be used as a calmative similar to ... «The Spokesman Review, Jun 15»
4
Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain opens in Chengdu, China
Finely paneled walls are complemented by classic rattan fittings and accents, creating a calmative symphony of lightness and space. Add WiFi ... «ITCM, Jun 15»
5
Good versus bad food for IBS
Something that might make you sprint for the toilet might have no effect at all on a fellow IBS sufferer, or even act as a calmative. We've provided a list of general ... «The Sun, Jun 15»
6
Redesign your brain
“A 20 minute brisk walk a day, combined with some sort of calmative task like memorising car number plates along the way is one of the best ... «Cessnock Advertiser, May 15»
7
Beeing number one
She correctly spelled the word “antics,” but the next challenge was “calmative.” Every student spelled it wrong and when Sahota had her ... «Surrey Leader, May 15»
8
Study: Magnesium Could Have Calming Effects
To date, there has been no published evidence to show that magnesium can have a calmative effect in horses. The study was conducted at ... «TheHorse.com, May 15»
9
Florida horticulture pioneer also peddled patent medicine
... was something called Miles Nervine, "which contained bromide and was marketed as a 'calmative,' among other things — almost a panacea. «The News-Press, May 15»
10
Natural Product for Pets and Humans Launches on Amazon: Herbal …
The antiseptic, antifungal, curative and calmative properties are just a few reasons why essential oils have been used for centuries in healing ... «PR.com, Mar 15»
REFERENCE
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