tonify
/ˈtoʊnɪfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To increase the available energy of
verb
To invigorate; to have a restorative effect on.
verb
To strengthen; to tone.
Example Sentences
- "In two-meridian problems, for example Lung deficiency, where the Spleen would also be deficient, tonify LU-9 or LU-7 and SP-3 or SP-5."
- "Intellectuals are principally yang: one must tonify the yin. Rural people are principally yin: one must tonify the yang."
- "Accupunturists who wish to enhance energy flow in a particular meridian (i.e., to tonify the kidney meridian) might apply the bionorth side of the magnet to acupuncture point KD7 and the biosouth side of the magnet to KD10."
- "Herbs that tonify deficiencies strengthen or supplement the body's resistance against disease. They are usually subdivided into herbs that tonify Qi, Yang, blood, or Yin."
- "Patients of this description derive a marvellous amount of benefit from hydrotherapy, and, when it can be had, from maritime hydrotherapy : this treatment tonifies their whole system, and enables them to resist variations of temperature, without contracting the intestinal catarrh from which, under similar circumstances, they were previously in the habit of suffering."
- "Then he tonified himself with a cold shower and carefully dressed for dinner."
Etymology
From tone + -ify.
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tonifier