aperient adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Having a gentle laxative effect. •Serving to open or reveal.Is it really more knowledge we want, or more understanding? Are we in fact clavigerous and fail to realize the aperient properties of that which is in our hand? — 1927 noun1 •A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.In its fresh vegetable state, chicory, or succory—the Cichorium Intybus of botanists, is said to be a good tonic, and to have the effect of an aperient. — 1849 formsaperients
