Dictionary entry

Recuperate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.