RECUPERATE

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

Etymology

Verb

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