Recuperate

English

Verb

Recuperate (third-person singular simple present recuperates, present participle recuperating, simple past and past participle recuperated)

1. To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
2. (sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use

Derived terms

• recuperation

Adverbs for Recuperate

expectedly; normally; beneficently; placidly; markedly; tardily; extendedly; passively; entirely.

Thesaurus

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

Etymology

From Latin recuperare (“to get again, regain, recover, revive, restore, Medieval Latin also intransitive revive, convalesce, recover”).

Translations

to recover, especially from an illness

Czech: zotavit se Dutch: beter worden, herstellen, genezen Finnish: parantua, palautua, tervehtyä Indonesian: sembuh, sembuh kembali

Korean: 회복하다 (ko) Scottish Gaelic: slànaich (gd) Spanish: recuperar (es) Turkish: İyileşmek

External links

• Recuperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Recuperate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Recuperate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

recuperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of recuperare
2. second-person plural imperative of recuperare
3. Feminine plural of recuperato

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Latin

Verb

recuperāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of recuperō