Restorative
[rɪ'stɒrətɪv] or [rɪ'stɔrətɪv]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
(n.) Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.
Checker: Nona
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Restoring, curative.
n. Cure, remedy, medicine, reparative, corrective.
Checker: Mimi
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Compensatory, remedial, reparatory, invigorating
ANT:Exhaustive, debilitating, wasting, consumptive
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Examples
- Time for my restorative snooze. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her unwillingness to quit her mother was her only restorative to calmness; and at the moment of parting her grief on that score was excessive. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- A restorative process will be always going on; the spirit of law and order will raise up what has fallen down. Plato. The Republic.
- I fear I shall have to curtail his restorative exercise in the fresh air. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As I came to myself (with the aid of a heavy thump between the shoulders, and the restorative exclamation Yah! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But the sight of Mr Boffin sitting in the arm-chair hugging himself, with his eyes upon the fire, acted as a restorative. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When restoratives had been applied several of the men regained consciousness, and then the whole story was told. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There were restoratives on the table; the room was made as airy as possible, and was darkened, and was very orderly and quiet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was not so materially cast down, however, but that a little time and the return of Harriet were very adequate restoratives. Jane Austen. Emma.
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