CONVALESCE

recuperate, recover, convalesce

(verb) get over an illness or shock; “The patient is recuperating”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

convalesce (third-person singular simple present convalesces, present participle convalescing, simple past and past participle convalesced)

To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.

Anagrams

• covalences

Source: Wiktionary


Con`va*lesce", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Convalesced; p.pr. & vb.n. Convalescing.] Etym: [L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See Vallant.]

Definition: To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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