a. [f. L. līberāt- (see LIBERATE v.) + -IVE.] That liberates or favors liberation.
1843. Carlyle, Francia, Misc. Ess. (1872), VII. 2. A liberative cavalier.
1863. J. F. Maguire, Father Mathew, 300. The writer … resolves to be free, whether Father Mathew should give him permission or not; still a liberative line from his reverence would be a triumph [etc.].
