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Meaning of DISCUSSIVE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Dis*cuss"ive\, a. [Cf. F. discussif.]
    1. (Med.) Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or
       coagulated matter.
    2. Doubt-dispelling; decisive. [R.]
             A kind of peremptory and discussive voice.
                                                   --Hopkins.
    
  2. \Dis*cuss"ive\, n. (Med.)
    A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a
    discutient.
    
 
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