'Regulative' definitions:
Definition of 'regulative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene" [syn: regulative, regulatory]
Definition of 'Regulative'
From: GCIDE
- Regulative \Reg"u*la*tive\ (r?g"?*l?*t?v), a.
- 1. Tending to regulate; regulating. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Metaph.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Regulative'
- Regulable,
- Regulate,
- Regulated,
- Regulating,
- Regulation,
- Regulator,
- Regulize,
- Feed regulator,
- Regulation sword,
- Sumptuary regulations,
- To regulate a clock,
- To regulate a watch,
- growth regulator,
- regulation time,
- regulator gene,
- voltage regulator,
- Self-regulated,
- Self-regulative,
- self-regulating,
- well-regulated,
- cystic fibrosis transport regulator