{ } a. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Calefactory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. excalfacere to warm; ex out (intens.) + calfacere to warm. ] Serving to heat; warming. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making; having power to make. [ Obs. ] “You are . . . factive, not destructive.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cooling. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupefactive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Olfactory, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy. ] 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Satisfactory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Satisfactive discernment of fish. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Cf. F. stupéfactif, LL. stupefactivus. ] Same as Stupefacient. [ Written also stupifactive. ] [ 1913 Webster ]