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Webster 1913 Edition

Spoliative

Spo′li-a-tive

(spō′lĭ-ā̍-tĭv)

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

spoliatif

.]

Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp.

(Med.)

, serving to diminish sensibly the amount of blood in the body;

as,

spoliative

bloodletting

.