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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates;
[syn: tonic, restorative]

2. a device for treating injury or disease;
[syn: corrective, restorative]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. tending to impart new life and vigor to;
- Example: "the renewing warmth of the sunshine"
[syn: renewing, restorative, reviving, revitalizing, revitalising]

2. promoting recuperation;
- Example: "recuperative powers"
- Example: "strongly recuperative remedies"
- Example: "restorative effects of exercise"
[syn: recuperative, restorative]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Restorative \Re*stor"a*tive\ (r?*st?r"?*t?v), a. [Cf. F.
   restoratif.]
   Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
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         Destroys life's enemy,
         Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.  --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Restorative \Re*stor"a*tive\, n.
   Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative
   medicine. --Arbuthnot.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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