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To recuperate is to get better after an illness, to recover after exertion, or to get back something that was lost.

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When you have surgery performed and you then have to stay in bed for two weeks and rest, this resting period is an example of a time when you recuperate.
When you go on vacation to rest and relax after working very hard on a project, this is an example of a time when you recuperate.

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See recuperate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb recuperated, recuperating

to get back, or recover (losses, health, etc.)

Origin: < L recuperatus, pp. of recuperare, to recover: akin to recipere, to bring back, recover: see receive

intransitive verb

to be restored to health, strength, etc.; get well again; recover
to recover losses, etc.

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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

To return to health or strength; recover.
To recover from financial loss.

verb, transitive

To restore to health or strength.
To regain.

Origin:

Origin: Latin recuperāre, recuperāt-

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots

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re·cuˌper·aˈtion noun

re·cuˈper·aˌtive (-pə-rāˌtĭv, -pər-ə-tĭv), re·cuˈper·a·toˌry (-pər-ə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

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