The reproduction or recuperation of the same thing that was before

Dr. H. More, Mystery of Godline , p. 225. 2. Specifically, recovery of strength or health. recuperative (re-kū'pe-rā-tiv), a. [= Sp. Pg. recuperativo, pertaining to recovery, especially of strength or health. The seasons being in turn recuperative , even the frosts of winter impart virtues that pa into summer, preserving the mind's vigor and fertility during the reign of the dog-star. A. B. Alcott , Table-Talk, p. 68. recuperator (rē-kū'pe-rā-tor), n. [=Sp. Pg. re cuperador , recuperator , a recoverer, re cuperare , pp. recuperatus , recover: see recuper ate.] 1. One who or that which recuperates or recovers.-2. That part of the Ponsard furnace which answers the same purpose as the regenerator of the Siemens regeneration furnace. See regenerator . recuperatory (rē-kūʻpe-rā-to-ri), a . [= Sp. Pg. rec up era to rio , recuperator i us , recuperator , a recoverer, recuperare , pp. recuperatus , recover: see recuperate .] Same as recuperative . Bailey . recur (rē-kér'), v . i .; pret. and pp. recurred , ppr. recurring . [OF. recourer , recorir , recourre , recourir , F.recourir = Pr. recorre = Cat. recorrer = Sp. recurrir = Pg. recorrer = It. ricorrere , recurrere , run back, return, recur, re- , back, + currere , run: see currentl .] 1. Togo or come back; return: literally or figuratively. When the fear of Popery was over, the Tories recurred Brougham. to their old principles. And Fancy came and at her pillow sat,... And chased away the still- recurring gnat. Tennyson , Three Sonnets to a Coquette, i. 2. To return in thought or recollection. He. had received a liberal education at a charity school, and was apt to recur to the days of his muffin-cap and leathers. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 25. 3. To return to the thought or mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, that old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. Watts , Logic, I. vi. § 3. Acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson , Will. 4. To resort; have recourse; turn for aid. For if his grace were minded, or would intend to do a thing inique or unjust, there were no need to recur unto the pope's holine for doing thereof.