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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?-st?r′?-t?v)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

restoratif

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

Destroys life’s enemy,
Hunger, with sweet

restorative

delight.

Milton.

Noun.

Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.

Arbuthnot.

Adj.

That has power to renew strength and vigor.

Noun.

A medicine efficacious in restoring strength and vigor, or in recruiting the vital powers.