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itive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. The suit of kings are imperative. Bp. Hall.

In an imperative manner.

Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave.

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

Repeating. Cotgrave. -- It"er*a*tive*ly, adv.

Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors. Harvey.

Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng. Cyc.

Tending or serving to obliterate.

; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. It holds in all operative principles. South.

In an operative manner.

Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.

A refrigerant. Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment. I. Taylor.

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.

So as to regenerate.

A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.

Begetting young by retrocopulation.

Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective. This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor.

Having power to temper. [R.] T. Granger.

Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.