Meaning of RESTORATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ree'stârutiv
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- [n] a device for treating injury or disease
- [n] a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
- [adj] promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise"
- [adj] tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine"
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| | Synonyms: | | corrective, healthful, invigorating, recuperative, renewing, revitalising, revitalizing, reviving, tonic |
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| | See Also: | | bracer, device, face pack, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, pack, pick-me-up, pickup, prosthesis, prosthetic device | |
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\Re*stor"a*tive\ (r?*st?r"?*t?v), a. [Cf. F.
restoratif.]
Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative
delight. --Milton.
\Re*stor"a*tive\, n.
Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative
medicine. --Arbuthnot.
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