a. (& sb.) [a. F. consolidatif, -ive (16th c. in Paré), f. L. ppl. stem consolidāt-: see -IVE.] Serving to consolidate; tending to heal fractures, wounds, etc.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 164. Also þouȝ a man wolde soude þe woundis of þe lungis wiþ ony medicyne þat is consolidatif.
1558–68. Warde, trans. Alexis’ Secr., 33 b. Some consolidative or healing oyntementes.
1654. Charleton, Physiol., 382. The sole benignity and Consolidative Energy of Nature.
† b. as sb. A medicine with these properties. Obs.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 6 (MS. B.). Of glutinatiuis & consolidatiuis þat buþ closeres & consouderes.
