recuperate

re·cu·per·ate

A relaxing Saturday afternoon spent sipping ice-cold lemon water on the front porch allows Cheryl to recuperate after a stressful work week.

verb

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

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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recuperate

transitive verb

-·at·ed, -·at·ing

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

Origin of recuperate

from Classical Latin recuperatus, past participle of recuperare, to recover: akin to recipere, to bring back, recover: see receive

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

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recuperate

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 recover (a financial loss).

Origin of recuperate

Latin recuperāre recuperāt- re- re- capere to take ; see kap- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

re·cu′per·a′tion
noun

re·cu′per·a′tive re·cu′per·a·to′ry
adjective

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Verb

(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

Origin

From Latin recuperÄtus, from recuperÄre (“to get again, regain, recover, revive, restore, Medieval Latin also intransitive revive, convalesce, recover"), present active infinitive of recuperÅ.

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recuperate - Medical Definition

v.

To return to health or strength; recover.

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re·cu′per·a′tion
n.

re·cu′per·a′tive (-pə-rā′tĭv, -pər-ə-tĭv) re·cu′per·a·to′ry (-pər-ə-tôr′ē)
adj.

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