Word Study
Recuperate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Recuperate has 4 senses
- recuperate(v = verb.possession) recoup, recover - regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" is one way to acquire, get
- recuperate(v = verb.change) go back, recover - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" is one way to regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back
- recuperate(v = verb.body) Array - restore to good health or strength; Array is one way to bring around, cure, heal
- recuperate(v = verb.body) convalesce, recover - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" is one way to ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derived forms noun recuperation1, adjective recuperative1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym: deteriorate
Derived forms noun recuperation1, adjective recuperative1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
Recuperate, v. i. [L. recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See Recover to get again.].
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce. [1913 Webster]
Recuperate, v. t.
To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Recuperate, v.
1 intr. recover from illness, exhaustion, loss, etc.
2 tr. regain (health, something lost, etc.).
1 intr. recover from illness, exhaustion, loss, etc.
2 tr. regain (health, something lost, etc.).
Derivative
recuperable adj. recuperation n. recuperative adj. recuperator n.
Etymology
L recuperare recuperat- recover
THESAURUS
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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