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English Dictionary: restorative by the DICT Development Group
3 results for restorative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restorative
adj
  1. tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine"
    Synonym(s): renewing, restorative, reviving, revitalizing, revitalising
  2. promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise"
    Synonym(s): recuperative, restorative
n
  1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates [syn: tonic, restorative]
  2. a device for treating injury or disease
    Synonym(s): corrective, restorative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Restorative \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Restorative \Re*stor"a*tive\, n.
      Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative
      medicine. --Arbuthnot.
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