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Tonic   /tˈɑnɪk/   Listen
Tonic

noun
1.
Lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine.  Synonyms: quinine water, tonic water.
2.
A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring.  Synonyms: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water.
3.
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale.  Synonym: keynote.
4.
A medicine that strengthens and invigorates.  Synonym: restorative.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue.  "Tonic muscle contraction"
2.
Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.  Synonym: tonal.
3.
Used of syllables.  Synonym: accented.  Antonym: atonic.
4.
Relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale.
5.
Imparting vitality and energy.  Synonyms: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing.



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"Tonic" Quotes from Famous Books



... see the doctor he will, of course, order you a tonic, and perhaps tell us to take you to the seaside. If that is the case, we must do so, Iris—we must do our duty by you, whatever happens. It would never do for you ...
— A Little Mother to the Others • L. T. Meade
... I have said, had acted like a tonic on the colonel, bracing him up to renewed efforts, and reacting on his guests, who in return did their best to make the breakfast a ...
— Colonel Carter of Cartersville • F. Hopkinson Smith
... is significant of Edwards' unique position. The doctrine of Calvinism, by whatever name it may be called, is a mental tonic of tremendous potency. Whether in its theological dress, as attributing all events to the absolute decrees of the Almighty, or in its metaphysical dress, as declaring that some abstract necessity governs ...
— Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) • Leslie Stephen
... has successfully adopted, illustrating his views with very good wood-cuts derived from the atlases of Wilson, Neligan, and Dendy. In many cases he believes constitutional debility to be the primary difficulty, and recommends a tonic regimen as the best preliminary to a ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 • Various
... or Irritate the Eye, but is Soothing in its action. Tonic, Astringent and an Antiseptic Lotion, and while it is used by Physicians it is in every sense a Domestic Remedy and can be used by every one with Perfect Safety for the Prevention of Eye Troubles and for Affections and ...
— The Blunders of a Bashful Man • Metta Victoria Fuller Victor


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