3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Digestive \Di*gest"ive\, n. 1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. --Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. --Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Digestive \Di*gest"ive\, a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments. [1913 Webster] Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] {Digestive apparatus}, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. {Digestive salt}, the chloride of potassium. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: digestive adj : relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment"
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