a. Obs. [f. L. cerāt- ppl. stem of cerāre to wax: see -IVE.] That causes ceration. Also as sb. a cerative substance.
1650. Ashmole, Chym. Collect., 51. Oil it self, the cerative of all Elements.
1678. R. R[ussell], trans. Geber, IV. xxiii. 269. Our other Philosophical Cerative Water.
