Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DI-GEST'IVE, a.

1. Having the power to cause digestion in the stomach; as, a digestive preparation of medicine.
2. Capable of softening and preparing by heat.
3. Methodizing; reducing to order; as, digestive thought. – Dryden.
4. Causing maturation in wounds or ulcers.
5. Dissolving.