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restorative anything that restores or revives, esp a drug or agent that promotes health or strength |
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But woman will never take the most obvious restorative, and Rosalind presently recovered without the brandy. Her unwillingness to quit her mother was her only restorative to calmness; and at the moment of parting her grief on that score was excessive. During the two years that had elapsed previous to their marriage my father had gradually relinquished all his public functions; and immediately after their union they sought the pleasant climate of Italy, and the change of scene and interest attendant on a tour through that land of wonders, as a restorative for her weakened frame. |
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