roborative

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊˌbɔɹətɪv/, /ˈɹɒbəɹətɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊˌbɔɹətɪv/, /ˈɹobəɹətɪv/

Adjective

roborative (comparative more roborative, superlative most roborative)

1. (chiefly medicine, rare, archaic) Synonym of roborant: strengthening, invigorating, or restorative.
   • 1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl. Jean de Renou as A Medical Dispensatory..., Book III, Section III, p. 630:

     ... 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.

Related terms

• corroborate
• corroboration
• roborant
• roborate
• roboration
• roborean
• roboreous
• robust

Noun

roborative (plural roboratives)

1. (chiefly medicine, rare, archaic) Synonym of roborant: a strengthening, invigorating, or restorative medicine, food, or treatment.
   • 1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl. Jean Renou as A Medical Dispensatory..., Book III, Section III, p. 630:

     VVe have hitherto exhibited Roboratives in the form of Powders, ſoft Electuaries, and Opiates...

French

Adjective

roborative

1. feminine singular of roboratif