Recuperate
[rɪ'kuːpəreɪt] or [rɪ'kupəret]
Definition
(verb.) get over an illness or shock; 'The patient is recuperating'.
(verb.) restore to good health or strength.
Edited by Linda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
(v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Recover, regain, get back.
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Examples
- A few days of rest were necessary to recuperate the animals and also to have them shod and put in condition for moving. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He wanted indemnities to recuperate France, loans, gifts, and tributes to France, glory and homage to France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They recuperated rapidly, however, and proved a good team to break up the ground with. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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