restorative
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6.3
- noun
- /rɪˈstɔːrətɪv/
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tónico
- The Soviets did extensive research on "restoratives."
Examples
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After her illness, the doctor prescribed a restorative to help her regain her strength.
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Neither will he lie, cog, or foist restoratives extracted from leper skat and maggots on credulous patients.
Fiction book (1991) -
I could not do that on any kind of regular basis, but I do it as a restorative.
Blog text (10) -
Zira, it is an excellent restorative, I assure you.
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"Sister and I always find that a constitutional is a great restorative," she said brightly.
Fiction book (1991) -
This one is Hydrinity restorative HA serum.
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I need a restorative.
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Although the situations were often fantastic, the arousal of the physical body was rooted in reality, for the methods used in these stories drew upon familiar folk and medical restoratives.
Academic text (2014) -
Their lavish lifestyles are needed as restoratives for the exhausting self-recriminations they endure on behalf of the rest of us.
Blog text (27) -
The recommended yarn is a sports weight, and the sample was knit with The Wool Dispensary's 'Useful Restorative', a skein of which came home with me from TNNA this June.
Blog text (24)
Synonyms
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4.9
A medicine people take to make them stronger and give energy
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6.9
A person or thing that makes people and things seem young and full of energy
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8.4
A period of bed rest to help someone recover from stress or nervous problems
A product or treatment that makes someone look and feel younger
Compounds
How Restorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word restorative comes from the Latin verb restaurare, which means 'make again' or 'bring back', and from re- ('again'); it is related to restaurant, which once meant a place that gives food to 'restore' strength. So a restorative is a medicine or thing that helps bring back health or strength.