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)

1. (medicine, historical) A remedy used in medieval medicine to promote maturation; a maturant.
   • 1655, John Woodall, The Surgeons Mate, page 143:

     Maturatives, or alterative Medicines in the Chest and Ship to be had are very many , yea more then I can call to mind at this time , wherefore to be brief , Emplastrum Diachylon cum Gummis I put for the principal , for it is for that purpose only, Parqacelsus Plaisters applyed thick spread, the place first anointed with oyl of Lillies, will do well.

   • 1716, Thomas Sydenham, Praxis Medica. The Practice of Physick, page 291:

     Wherefore (says he) the safest way is, not always to confide in one Medicament alone, but rather to compound them, according to the Nature and Temper of the Part, and to mingle Digestives with Sarcoticks: Since that Experience testifies, that such are used with far better Success, than meer Maturatives alone.

   • 2009, Esther Cohen, The Modulated Scream: Pain in Late Medieval Culture, page 98:

     If the subcutaneous infection still exists, the resolutives help rid the would of any remaining infection; the softening drugs make the wound amenable to treatment; if there was no choice but to mature and lance the aposteme, the maturatives were used; cleansing drugs rid the wound of the remaining pus; and sedatives eased the discomfort.

2. (linguistics, rare) A verb that implies the process of growth, progress or maturation
   • 1971, Foundations of Language: Supplementary series, page 367:

     What is characteristic of the maturatives as a kind of special case of the conformatives is the factor of growth, of alteration in time, but also something more, as we shall presently see.

Adjective

maturative (comparative more maturative, superlative most maturative)

1. Tending to promote maturation or progress.
   • 1852, Sir Thomas Browne, ‎Simon Wilkin, The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, page 455:

     So is it observed, that they which dwell between the tropicks and the equator have their second summer hotter and more maturative of fruits than the former .

   • 2002, Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen, A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes:

     For initiation, which is the maturative factor, one ought to seek out and take the four initiations from a master whose lineage of preceptors is intact, whose rites are unconfused, who knows how to arrange the inner and outer correlates, who is able to plant successfully the seeds of the four Buddha-bodies, and who acts in accord with the Buddha's words.

2. (medicine) Progressing through distinct phases or stages.
   • 1851, George Gregory, ‎Henry Daggett Bulkley, Lectures on the Eruptive Fevers, page 56:

     The maturative process is often accompanied by an exceedingly tender state of the surface.

   • 2005, Nai-Kong V. Cheung, ‎Susan L. Cohn, Neuroblastoma, page 75:

     The maturative subtype can be identified only retrospectively after maturation to ganglioneuroma, and represents probably less than 5% of all peripheral neuroblastic tumors.

   • 2012, F. Schmalzl, K.-P. Hellriegel, “Preleukemia -- Problems and Trends”, in F. Schmalzl, ‎K.-P. Hellriegel, editor, Preleukemia:

     The defectiveness of the clone becomes progrssively manifest both in the maturative and the proliferative activity of the progeny, which expands due to a still unexplained biological cause. It is conceivable that the combined proliferative and maturative defects alone may result in a decreased cell loss and may cause the progressive over-growth of the defective clone.

3. (medicine, of the stage of a maturative disease or process) Final.
   • 1851, George Gregory, ‎Henry Daggett Bulkley, Lectures on the Eruptive Fevers, page 62:

     At other times they are not noticed until the eruption has begun do develope itself, or even later in the maturative stage.

   • 1980, ASDC Journal of Dentistry for Children - Volume 48, page 104:

     In order to achieve full mineralization, excess water and organic material have to be removed during the maturative stage, at the same time that mineral is transported into the tissue.

   • 2022, George Edward Allshorn, A Handy Book of Domestic Homoeopathic Practice, page 110:

     In the maturative or suppurative stage , Mercurius will be found of essential service; six globules in six table-spoonfuls of water, & table-spoonful every three hours.

4. Pertaining to the process of maturation.
   • 1979, Charles Russell Bardeen, ‎Irving Hardesty, ‎John Lewis Bremer, The Anatomical Record - Volume 194, page 19:

     The lungs of such day 20 fetuses ( fig. 9) show definite maturative changes when compared to untreated day 20 animals (fig. 1).

   • 2000, Invertebrate Reproduction & Development - Volume 37, page 26:

     In both species the maturative pattern and sexual condition were studied by analysing the gonad content.

5. Characteristic of healthy emotional maturity.
   • 1997, Dorothy Heard, ‎Brian Lake, The Challenge of Attachment for Caregiving:

     We now discuss explicitly some of the means by which maturative ideals and defensive idealisations may be transmitted, and how shared ideals and idealisations hold unrelated individuals within dyadic and triadic partnerships, groups, institutions and cultures.

   • 2002, Todd H. Speidell, On Being a Person, page 204:

     At a meeting celebrating Bowlby's eightieth birthday, Lake presented a paper in which he argued for a more empirically grounded discussion of how such ideals actually function in a maturative as well as in a misguided, defensive manner.

   • 2017, Margaret Bell, ‎Kate Wilson, The Practitioner's Guide to Working with Families:

     The maturative form is present in situations in which individuals are able to find allies who share a common fear regarding a common enemy and are drawn to work together cooperatively for so long as this situation lasts.

Middle English

Noun

maturative

1. Alternative form of maturatif

Adjective

maturative

1. Alternative form of maturatif