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† ˈregitive, a. Obs. rare.
[a. OF. regitif, -ive, prob. ad. med.L. *regitīvus, irreg. f. regĕre to rule: see -ive.]
Ruling, governing.
Godef. explains OF. regitif as ‘qui rejette, qui expulse’, app. in error.
a1412Lydg. Two Merchants 330 Whan nature of vertu regitiff Thoruh malencolye is pressyd and bor doun. 1574Newton Health Mag. 4 Nothynge is more hurtful to the vertue regitive then cold. 1603Lodge Treat. Plague iii, Feeblenes and weaknes of the regitiue vertue of the body. 1659Gentl. Calling i. §5 Their regitive Power over the world, saith Gerson, is not so suitable an ingredient for a Magnificat of their composing. |