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recuperation

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re⋅cu⋅per⋅ate

  [ri-koo-puh-reyt, -kyoo-] verb -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
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–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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Word Origin & History

recuperation 
1481, "recovery or regaining of things," from L. recuperationem (nom. recuperatio), from recuperatus, pp. of recuperare "recover," related to recipere (see receive). Meaning "restoration to health or vigor" is from 1865. Recuperate (v.) is attested from 1542, "to bring (something) back, to recover" anything, material or immaterial; meaning "to recover from sickness or loss" is from 1864.
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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

Main Entry: re·cu·per·a·tion
Pronunciation: rE-"k(y)ü-p&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
: restoration to health or strength
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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