Definition of Recuperate

1. Verb. Regain or make up for. "Recuperate one's losses"

Exact synonyms: Recoup, Recover
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get
Specialized synonyms: Catch Up With, Make Up

2. Verb. Regain a former condition after a financial loss. "The company managed to recuperate"
Exact synonyms: Go Back, Recover
Generic synonyms: Regress, Retrovert, Return, Revert, Turn Back
Specialized synonyms: Rally, Rebound
Derivative terms: Recovery

3. Verb. Restore to good health or strength.
Generic synonyms: Bring Around, Cure, Heal
Related verbs: Convalesce, Recover
Derivative terms: Recuperation, Recuperative

4. Verb. Get over an illness or shock. "The patient is recuperating"

Definition of Recuperate

1. v. i. To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

2. v. t. To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

Definition of Recuperate

1. Verb. To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness. ¹

2. Verb. (sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recuperate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Recuperate

1. To recover health and strength. From the latin recuperare meaning to regain, get back, recover. To recuperate is to convalesce. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recuperate

recultivated
recultivates
recultivating
recultivation
recumb
recumbed
recumbence
recumbencies
recumbency
recumbent
recumbently
recumbents
recumbing
recumbs
recuperable
recuperate (current term)
recuperated
recuperates
recuperating
recuperation
recuperations
recuperative
recuperatory
recur
recure
recured
recureless
recures
recuring
recurred

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