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Definition of Convalesce
1. Verb. Get over an illness or shock. "The patient is recuperating"
Specialized synonyms: Gain Vigor, Percolate, Perk, Perk Up, Pick Up, Snap Back
Related verbs: Recuperate
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Derivative terms: Convalescence, Convalescent, Convalescent, Recovery, Recuperation, Recuperative
Antonyms: Deteriorate
Definition of Convalesce
1. v. i. To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.
Definition of Convalesce
1. Verb. To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Convalesce
1. [v -LESCED, -LESCING, -LESCES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convalesce
Literary usage of Convalesce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the by Daniel Drake (1854)
"... in the midst of the general overthrow of the functions, may attract our
attention, for the first time, when the patient has begun to convalesce. ..."
2. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1908)
"... to convalesce." He therefore craves summons against him. [On the back] " Apud
Edinburgh, ... convalesce ..."
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