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English Dictionary: recuperate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recuperate
v
  1. regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: recover, recoup, recuperate]
  2. regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
    Synonym(s): recover, go back, recuperate
  3. restore to good health or strength
  4. 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]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\, v. t.
      To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or
      strength.
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