restorative

adj
/ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English restoratif, restoratyve, from Old French restoratif, restauratif and Medieval Latin restaurātīvus. Equivalent to restore + -ative.

  1. derived from restaurātīvus
  2. derived from restoratif
  3. inherited from restoratif

Definitions

  1. Serving to restore.

    • After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.
    • Destroys life's enemy, / Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.
    • Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
  2. Something with restoring properties.

    • For Louis XIV's advancing age, a drink consisting of sugar, distilled spirits, and orange water was recommended as a restorative of vigor.
  3. An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for restorative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA