convalesce : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: convalesce	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convalesce v get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" Synonym(s): recuperate, recover, convalesce Antonym(s): degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convalesce \Con`va*lesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Convalesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convalescing}.] [L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See {Vallant}.] To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.