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roborative

UK/ˈɹəʊˌbɔɹətɪv/US/ˈɹoʊˌbɔɹətɪv/

roborative adjective: synonym of roborant: strengthening, invigorating, or restorative.

Adjective

roborative (comparative more roborative, superlative most roborative)

  1. (archaic, rare) Synonym of roborant: strengthening, invigorating, or restorative.
    • ... leſt we ſhould have confuſedly congeſted Roborative and Purgative Trochisks together, as many do, and that perperouſly; we have adjoyned all the Cathartical, as Trochisks of Rhabarb, of Agarick, and of Alhandal, to the end of the third Section of our ſecond Book.1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl. Jean de Renou as A Medical Dispensatory..., Book III, Section III, p. 630
    Synonyms:
    roborant

Noun

roborative (plural roboratives)

  1. (archaic, rare) Synonym of roborant: a strengthening, invigorating, or restorative medicine, food, or treatment.
    • VVe have hitherto exhibited Roboratives in the form of Powders, ſoft Electuaries, and Opiates...1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl. Jean Renou as A Medical Dispensatory..., Book III, Section III, p. 630
    Synonyms:
    roborant

Synonyms of roborative

Forms of roborative

Adjective
comparativemore roborative
superlativemost roborative
Noun
pluralroboratives

Origin of roborative

From Latin rōborāre (“to strengthen, to invigorate”) + -ive (“forming adjectives”) directly and via French roboratif, from rōbur (“reddish oak; hardness, strength”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to roborate + -ive.

Questions about roborative

What does roborative mean?
Roborative means synonym of roborant: strengthening, invigorating, or restorative.
What part of speech is roborative?
Roborative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce roborative?
Roborative is pronounced /ˈɹoʊˌbɔɹətɪv/ (US).

Words near roborative in the dictionary

  1. roborate
  2. roborated
  3. roborates
  4. roborating
  5. roboration
  6. roborative
  7. roboratives
  8. roborean
  9. roboreous
  10. roboroach
  11. roboroaches

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