Definition: recuperate

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

recuperate
     v : get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
         [syn: recover, convalesce] [ant: deteriorate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.
Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\, v. t.
   To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or
   strength.