restorative

[ri-stawr-uh-tiv, -stohr-]

re·stor·a·tive

[ri-stawr-uh-tiv, -stohr-]
adjective
1.
serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
2.
capable of renewing health or strength.
noun
3.
a restorative agent, means, or the like.
4.
a means of restoring a person to consciousness: Smelling salts serve as a restorative.

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Restorative is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English restoratif (adj. and noun) < Middle French restauratif < Latin restaurāt(us) (past participle of restaurāre to restore) + Middle French -if -ive

non·re·stor·a·tive, adjective, noun
un·re·stor·a·tive, adjective
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restorative (rɪˈstɒrətɪv)
 
adj
1.  tending to revive or renew health, spirits, etc
 
n
2.  anything that restores or revives, esp a drug or agent that promotes health or strength

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restorative re·stor·a·tive (rĭ-stôr'ə-tĭv)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to restoration.

  2. Tending or having the power to restore.

n.
A medicine or other agent that helps to restore health, strength, or consciousness.

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