Restorative

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Restorative \Re*stor"a*tive\ (r?*st?r"?*t?v), a. [Cf. F.
     restoratif.]
     Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Destroys life's enemy,


           Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.  --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Restorative \Re*stor"a*tive\, n.
     Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative
     medicine. --Arbuthnot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  restorative
       adj 1: tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing
              warmth of the sunshine" [syn: {renewing}, {reviving},
              {revitalizing}, {revitalising}]
       2: promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly
          recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise"
          [syn: {recuperative}]
       n 1: a medicine that strengthens and invigorates [syn: {tonic}]
       2: a device for treating injury or disease [syn: {corrective}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "restorative":
     Phoenixlike, activator, adjuvant, aid, alterative, analeptic,
     animator, arouser, assistance, astringent, balm, balsam, bracer,
     bracing, compensatory, cordial, corrective, corroborant, curative,
     cure, curing, energizer, healing, healing agent, healing quality,
     help, human dynamo, iatric, indemnificatory, invigorating, life,
     medicative, medicinal, motivating force, motive power, pick-me-up,
     prescription, re-creative, re-formative, reappearing, receipt,
     recipe, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive, refreshing,
     regenerative, relief, remedial, remedial measure, remedy,
     renascent, reorganizational, reparative, reparatory, reproductive,
     restitutive, restitutory, resurgent, retributive, reversional,
     reversionary, revertible, revisional, reviving, roborant, sanative,
     sanatory, sovereign remedy, spark plug, specific, specific remedy,
     stimulant, stimulating, stimulator, stimulus, strengthening,
     succor, therapeutic, theriac, tonic, vitamin shot, vulnerary,
     wholesome