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Eruptive
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An eruptive rock.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Breaking out or bursting forth. The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive through the cloud. Thomson.
2. Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.
3. Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.