recuperate

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: re=cu=per=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

recuperate, v. i. [L. recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See Recover to get again.].

 To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.  [1913 Webster]

recuperate, v. t. 

 To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

recuperate, v.
1 intr. recover from illness, exhaustion, loss, etc.
2 tr. regain (health, something lost, etc.).

Derivative

recuperable adj. recuperation n. recuperative adj. recuperator n.

Etymology

L recuperare recuperat- recover

THESAURUS

recuperate

ameliorate, brace up, come about, come round, convalesce, gain, gain strength, get back, get better, get well, heal, improve, look up, mend, perk up, pick up, pull through, rally, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain, renovate, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, repossess, restore, resume, retake, retrieve, revindicate, revive, sleep it off, survive, take back, turn the corner