AM'ATORY, adjective [Latin amatorius, from amo, to love.] 1. Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amatorial progeny. 2. In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye, from their use in ogling.
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