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   ton·ic

   /ˈtänik/

   noun

   • 1. a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigor or well-being. Similar stimulantrestorativerefreshercordialanalepticroborantinformal:pick-me-upbracerlivener
   • ▪ something with an invigorating effect: "being needed is a tonic for someone at my age" Similar booststimulantfillippleasurestimulusspurpushinformal:shot in the armpick-me-upreviver
   • 2. short for tonic water
   • 3. the first note in a scale which, in conventional harmony, provides the keynote of a piece of music.

   adjective

   • 1. giving a feeling of vigor or well-being; invigorating: "a tonic body shampoo"
   • 2. relating to or denoting the first degree of a scale.
   • 3. denoting or relating to the syllable within a tone group that has greatest prominence, because it carries the main change of pitch.
   • 4. relating to or restoring normal tone to muscles or other organs.
   • ▪ relating to, denoting, or producing continuous muscular contraction.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French tonique, from Greek tonikos ‘of or for stretching’, from tonos (see tone).

   Derivatives

   • 1. tonically adverb

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