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  • noun Plural form of restorative.

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Examples

  • It is upon this that the whole trade in these so-called restoratives depends.

    Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890

  • “Moderate exercise, and books occasionally, with the mind unbent, will be your best restoratives.”

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • “Moderate exercise, and books occasionally, with the mind unbent, will be your best restoratives.”

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • “Moderate exercise, and books occasionally, with the mind unbent, will be your best restoratives.”

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • They could have left him where he was, brought blankets and restoratives to help him regain his strength.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • Mr. Buckley told analysts that 3M is " on fire with innovation " in such areas as optical films, respiratory protection, dental restoratives and films used in renewable energy.

    3M Shaves Organic-Sales Outlook James R. Hagerty 2010

  • She was drinking hers as she passed others the restoratives.

    Cattle Town 2010

  • It would be a bracing dose of restoratives to her campaign and could help her re-open her dwindling margins in OH and TX so that she could actually make the the delegate deficit that she is presently suffering.

    Wisconsin's Demographics Tilt Both Ways 2009

  • And with that ejaculation fell back on the pillow in a swoon, which instantly found employment for Douban and his restoratives.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • [Young] the change from so much misery to heart-felt peace and joy, with the judicious nursing and restoratives devised by Mrs. Tyrold, for her weak and half famished frame, made her slumber, when at length, it arrived, last so long that, though broken by frequent starts, she awoke not till late the next morning.

    Camilla 2008

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