restorative
adj/ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/
Etymology
From Middle English restoratif, restoratyve, from Old French restoratif, restauratif and Medieval Latin restaurātīvus. Equivalent to restore + -ative.
- derived from restaurātīvus
- derived from restoratif
- inherited from restoratif
Definitions
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.
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.
An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.
The neighborhood
- antonymnonrestorative
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