recuperate
to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
to recover from financial loss.
to restore to health, vigor, etc.
Origin of recuperate
1Other words for recuperate
Other words from recuperate
- re·cu·per·a·tion [ri-koo-puh-rey-shuhn, -kyoo-], /rɪˌku pəˈreɪ ʃən, -ˌkyu-/, noun
- un·re·cu·per·at·ed, adjective
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How to use recuperate in a sentence
And after leaving the hospital, Jobs recuperated in the home built in 1914 that was bought for him.
Memphis Doctor Who Performed Steve Jobs’ Liver Transplant Bought His House | Andy Meek | June 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe recuperated fast enough to be back in action three weeks later.
The interview for his first Rolling Stone cover was conducted there; he recuperated from his first nose job there.
After that, his reputation recuperated and soared over the next two decades.
The first week they were in Dawson City, they just rested and took care of themselves and got well and recuperated.
A California Girl | Edward Eldridge
It was just the sleep of a child tired with play, who would be recuperated on the morrow for another day of play.
The Angel of Pain | E. F. BensonWe did hope, and ere long we found ourselves recuperated and in Camp Advance.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) | Hazard StevensShe broke under the strain, recuperated, and took up munition work again.
Mobilizing Woman-Power | Harriot Stanton BlatchAs soon as the command at Henry Lake had become recuperated, the pursuit was vigorously resumed.
The Yellowstone National Park | Hiram Martin Chittenden
British Dictionary definitions for recuperate
/ (rɪˈkuːpəˌreɪt, -ˈkjuː-) /
(intr) to recover from illness or exhaustion
to recover (losses of money, etc)
Origin of recuperate
1Derived forms of recuperate
- recuperation, noun
- recuperative, adjective
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