The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regenerative \Re*gen"er*a*tive\ (r?*j?n"?r*?*t?v), a.
Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as,
regenerative influences.
--H. Bushnell.
Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French regeneratif or directly from Medieval Latin regenerativus, from regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration).
Wiktionary
a. That serves to regenerate
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "regenerative".
I wrote the story of Juno Lucina in order to conceptualize Her regenerative power as it relates to Her Son, the Sun or the Seasonal Year.
Both maintain regenerative information in a bioplasmic field around their bodies, both can recycle the entropic process to prolong their lifespan.
The box was a delicate electrical capacity balance, an instrument constructed to register, by having its capacity balance upset, when any new object came near it, It was merely a development of the old regenerative radio receivers which howled when a hand was brought near them - only this, instead of howling, actuated a sensitive relay which in turn set the radio transmitter to sending a steady oscillating signal.
A policy of fire prevention was instituted, with no understanding of the regenerative effects of fire.
Jiltanith had received the neural computer feeds, sensory boosters, and regenerative treatments before the mutiny, but those were the easy parts, and Colin was fresh enough from his own enhancement to understand her anxieties perfectly .
Jiltanith had received the neural computer feeds, sensory boosters, and regenerative treatments before the mutiny, but those were the easy parts, and Colin was fresh enough from his own enhancement to understand her anxieties perfectly.
Jiltanith had received the neural computer feeds, sensory boosters, and regenerative treatments before the mutiny, but those were the easy parts, and Colin was fresh enough from his own enhancement to understand her anxieties perfectly&hellip.
Jiltanith had received the neural computer feeds, sensory boosters, and regenerative treatments before the mutiny, but those were the easy parts, and Colin was fresh enough from his own enhancement to understand her anxieties perfectly .
He considered using a portion of his imagined advance for the book for a little nip and tuck, and a regenerative stay in some posh spa.