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US
/ɹəˈstɔɹətɪv/
]
[ UK /ɹɪstˈɔːɹətˌɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪstˈɔːɹətˌɪv/ ]
NOUN
- a device for treating injury or disease
- a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
ADJECTIVE
-
promoting recuperation
recuperative powers
strongly recuperative remedies
restorative effects of exercise -
tending to impart new life and vigor to
the renewing warmth of the sunshine
How To Use restorative In A Sentence
- Actions: a sure and effective restorative to the nervous system. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism
- Wednesday's win was a pleasing, restorative result at a time when it was badly needed, but it would be delusive to read too much into it.
- There are two surgical options - reparative or restorative.
- The park is more commonly associated with the restorative powers of its 2,000 rose garden, teeming wildlife and hay meadows.
- Nevertheless, many environmentalists remain concerned that any talk of restorative grazing is merely an environmental smokescreen that lets ranchers continue to devastate the land.
- The best restorative processes are sometimes the simplest - like a lengthy soak in a luxurious bath. Times, Sunday Times
- We should bring it back, along with compulsory restorative justice. Times, Sunday Times
- The restorative power of the sport has a darker underbelly. Times, Sunday Times
- The best restorative processes are sometimes the simplest - like a lengthy soak in a luxurious bath. Times, Sunday Times
- In any restorative regime for the nervous system it is always wise to consider the potential for circulatory stimulants. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism