Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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