Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to recovery; pertaining to recovery, especially of strength or health.
- In gas-burners, regenerative; having more than the common lighting power; having a heated air-supply.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the way of
recuperation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective promoting recuperation
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Examples
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However they wanted to leave Plainfield with an "acute care center" (read Emergency Room) and a "long term recuperative facility" (read indigent patients), thereby allowing their Campus in Edison to thrive with the profit centers, while keeping the "rif-raff" element away from their campus.
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Was the nature of a priest absolutely devoid of what physicians call recuperative force, restoring him to a sound mind, in spite of professional perversion?
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet John Morley 1880
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From what you've been able to ascertain of the extent of her injuries, what kind of recuperative recovery period does she face here?
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From what you've been able to ascertain of the extent of her injuries, what kind of recuperative recovery period does she face here?
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Supposing that a weary man of science leaves his laboratory in the evening, and wends his way homeward, the very thought of the game of whist which awaits him is a kind of recuperative agency.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour James Runciman 1871
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Since the 1990s, such groups have brought more than 24,000 children age 8 to 16 to the U.S. for so-called "recuperative" stays, a practice backed by the two former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Belarus, which coordinate visits with several partner countries worldwide.
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"He's got pretty good recuperative skills," Childress said.
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"He's got pretty good recuperative skills," Childress said.
Brett Favre Knocked Out Of Game, Carted Off Field (VIDEO) AP/The Huffington Post 2010
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"He's got pretty good recuperative skills," Childress said.
Brett Favre Knocked Out Of Game, Carted Off Field (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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His patient was a remarkable woman — a unique human — a freak of nature, really: An immune system that overwhelmed any infection, recuperative powers that defy explanation.
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