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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  restorative 
  adj  1:  tending  to  impart  new  life  and  vigor  to  "the  renewing 
  warmth  of  the  sunshine"  [syn:  {renewing},  {reviving}, 
  {revitalizing}] 
  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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