Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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
a. In the way of recuperation.
WordNet
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.