 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recuperate
verb
1: regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: {recover},
{recoup}]
2: regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect
the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to
recuperate" [syn: {recover}, {go back}]
3: restore to good health or strength
4: get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
[syn: {recover}, {convalesce}] [ant: {devolve}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\ (-?t), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Recuperated} (-?'t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recuperating}.] [L.
recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See {Recover} to get
again.]
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\, verb (used with an object)
To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or
strength.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "recuperate":
ameliorate, brace up, come about, come round, convalesce, gain,
gain strength, get back, get better, get well, heal, improve,
look up, mend, perk up, pick up, pull through, rally, ransom,
recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain,
renovate, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, repossess, restore, resume,
retake, retrieve, revindicate, revive, sleep it off, survive,
take back, turn the corner
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