Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Restoring vigor or strength.
- noun A roborant drug; a restorative or tonic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tonic; strengthening.
- noun A medicine that strengthens; a tonic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Strengthening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That
strengthens orenergizes . - noun A
restorative tonic .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Extract of malt I have employed as a roborant, either alone or in conjunction with iron, in cases of debility and malnutrition, and found it of service.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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[1665] "Hirundines luto construunt, stramine roborant: si quando inopia est luti, madefactae multa aqua pennis pulverem spargunt."
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Christi tradita pro nobis, et sanguis ejus effusus pro nobis, non tantum reficiunt et roborant animas nostras, sed etiam in vita conservant, non quatenus quidem corporaliter eduntur et bibuntur, sed quatenus spiritualiter nobis a Spiritu Dei communicantur, dicente Domino: Et panis, quem ego dabo, caro mea est, quam dabo pro mundi vita.
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Sicut enim cibus et potus corporalis corpora nostra non tantum reficiunt ac roborant, sed et in vita conservant: ita et caro
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It activates functions of stomatic and sexual cells, thus producing a remarkable roborant effect.
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Hopefully the roborant effects of the win over Arsenal will be further fortified by this win and translated into a wins on the road at Bolton and Spurs; rather than seeing a return to the
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But whatever the ultimate fate of these obscure terms, word lovers would doubtless vaticinate that the overall exercise will be roborant for people's vocabularies.
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But whatever the ultimate fate of these obscure terms, word lovers would doubtless vaticinate that the overall exercise will be roborant for people's vocabularies.
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Recltque cultuspeEiora roborant t Vtcumque defecere mores Dedecorant bcrie nata culpa.
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-. fortuUcaJucco, umuminfirmitatem roborant, corruptorum quoque humorum Ubem obtundunt.
Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex Dioscórides , Dioscorides Pedanius , Joannes Ruellius 1550
whichbe commented on the word roborant
Restoring vigor or strength. (WWFTD)
May 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word roborant
When I say this word it feels as if it has at least four r's in it. Weird.
May 20, 2008
whichbe commented on the word roborant
*beep* ERRONEOUS HUMANOID MISACCURACY PATTERN *whirr* REQUEST OPERATION REORGANIZATION TOWARDS REFORMAT THOUGHTFORM DISCURSIVE STRATEGEM IF-THEN *bleep*
September 23, 2008