Meaning of RECUPERATE
| Pronunciation: | | ree'koopu`reyt
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- [v] get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
- [v] restore to good health or strength
- [v] regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
- [v] regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
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| | Synonyms: | | convalesce, go back, recoup, recover, recover, recover |
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| | Antonyms: | | degenerate, deteriorate, drop | | |
| | See Also: | | acquire, ameliorate, better, catch up with, cure, gain vigor, get, heal, improve, make up, meliorate, percolate, perk, perk up, pick up, rally, rebound, regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back | |
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\Re*cu"per*ate\ (-?t), v. i. [imp. &. p. p.
{Recuperated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recuperating}.] [L.
recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See {Recover} to get
again.]
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
\Re*cu"per*ate\, v. t.
To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or
strength.
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