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recuperate

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re⋅cu⋅per⋅ate

  [ri-koo-puh-reyt, -kyoo-] verb -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use recuperate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
2. to recover from financial loss.
–verb (used with object)
3. to restore to health, vigor, etc.
Origin:
1535–45; < L recuperātus (ptp. of recuperāre, var. of reciperāre to recover), equiv. to re- re- + -ciper-, comb. form of *caper- (obscure deriv. of capere to take) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
re⋅cu⋅per⋅a⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. heal, mend.
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re·cu·per·ate   (rĭ-kōō'pə-rāt', -kyōō'-)   
v.   re·cu·per·at·ed, re·cu·per·at·ing, re·cu·per·ates

v.   intr.

  1. To return to health or strength; recover.

  2. To recover from financial loss.

v.   tr.

  1. To restore to health or strength.

  2. To regain.


[Latin recuperāre, recuperāt- : re-, re- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
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, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cu·per·ate
Pronunciation: ri-'k(y)ü-p&-"rAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
transitive senses
: to get back or recover <recuperating health and strength after pneumonia> recuperate intransitive senses
: to recover health or strength
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recuperate re·cu·per·ate (rĭ-k&oomacr;'pə-rāt', -ky&oomacr;'-)
v. re·cu·per·at·ed, re·cu·per·at·ing, re·cu·per·ates
To return to health or strength; recover.

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