a. [f. VENTILATE v. + -IVE.] Of or pertaining to, producing or promoting, ventilation.
1791. Bentham, Panopl., I. Postscr. 199. Over these impure methods of obtaining heat, the ventilative is capable of possessing a great advantage.
1864. Webster, s.v., Ventilative apparatus.
1892. A. E. Lee, Hist. Columbus, II. 576. The introduction of fireplaces and other ventilative expedients.
