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aperient

[ uh-peer-ee-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. having a mild purgative or laxative effect.


noun

  1. a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.

aperient

/ əˈ±èɪə°ùɪə²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. laxative
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a mild laxative
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aperient1

1620–30; < Latin aperient- (stem of ²¹±è±ð°ù¾±Å§²Ô²õ opening, present participle of ²¹±è±ð°ùÄ«°ù±ð to open), equivalent to aperi- (apparently ap- , variant of ab- ab- + -eri- ) + -ent- -ent; the base -eri-, perhaps with an earlier shape *wery- or *twery-, occurs only in this verb and ´Ç±è±ð°ùÄ«°ù±ð to close ( cover, operculum )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aperient1

C17: from Latin ²¹±è±ð°ùÄ«°ù±ð to open
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Example Sentences

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An old-fashioned piece of advice in distemper, and one always given, was that at the outset of the disease a dose of castor oil, or some other aperient, should be administered.

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A mild tonic, as well as an aperient, is plainly indicated soon after the commencement of rot.

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I have generally given it in lemonade in such amounts as to secure a gentle aperient and diuretic effect.

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Sapodilla, sap-Å-dil′a, n. a name given in the West Indies to the fruit of several species of Achras, the seeds aperient and diuretic, the pulp subacid and sweet.

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In medicine it is employed as an aperient, and is one of the safest and most innocuous known.

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