To recuperate is to get better after an illness, to recover after exertion, or to get back something that was lost.
(verb)See recuperate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb recuperated, recuperating
Origin: < L recuperatus, pp. of recuperare, to recover: akin to recipere, to bring back, recover: see receive
intransitive verb
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See recuperate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb re·cu·per·at·ed, re·cu·per·at·ing, re·cu·per·ates verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin recuperāre, recuperāt-
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots
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