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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
recuperative
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the recuperative powers of nature
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A small number of convalescent and recuperative holidays can be arranged.
▪ Consequently on their return in 1912 from a recuperative world tour, the Webbs began actively to support the Labour party.
▪ One of the gains of postmodernism, however, has been its recuperative aspect.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recuperative

Recuperative \Re*cu"per*a*tive\ (-?*t?v), Recuperatory \Re*cu"per*a*to*ry\ (-?*t?*r?), a. [L. recuperativus, recuperatorius.] Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.

Wiktionary
recuperative

a. In the way of recuperation.

WordNet
recuperative

adj. promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise" [syn: restorative]

Usage examples of "recuperative".

In persons of scrofulous diathesis, in whom the recuperative forces are weakened, it is very difficult to effect a radical cure.

Many boasted large boxed ads detailing the amenities: COMPREHENSIVE RECUPERATIVE LONG-TERM CARE .

Unfortunately he was confined to bed by an attack of gout, and irritation rapidly boiled into rage, especially as his visiting nurse, who had retired to the kitchen for a recuperative smoke, ignored all his cries for help.

The Grannach was entirely recovered from his drunkenness—a recuperative ability Racharran envied—and sat cross-legged before the six of the folk he had brought with him, all eager to speak of their experiences with the strangeling invaders.