recuperate, recover, convalesce
(verb) get over an illness or shock; “The patient is recuperating”
recuperate
(verb) restore to good health or strength
recover, go back, recuperate
(verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss; “We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”; “The company managed to recuperate”
recover, recoup, recuperate
(verb) regain or make up for; “recuperate one’s losses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recuperate (third-person singular simple present recuperates, present participle recuperating, simple past and past participle recuperated)
To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
(sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cu"per*ate (-t), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. Recuperated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Recuperating.] Etym: [L.recuperatus,p.p. of recuperare. See Recover to get again.]
Definition: To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Re*cu"per*ate, v. t.
Definition: To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
