'Recuperate' definitions:
Definition of 'recuperate'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
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, recuperate]
verb
Restore to good health or strength
verb
Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" [syn: recuperate, recover, convalesce] [ant: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop]
Definition of 'Recuperate'
From: GCIDE
- Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\ (-?t), v. i. [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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recuperate'
From: GCIDE
- Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\, v. t. To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recuperate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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