recuperate

1 regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: recover, recoup]

2 regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" [syn: recover, go back]

3 restore to good health or strength

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

English

Verb

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

Derived terms

• recuperation

Translations

Italian

Verb

recuperate

1. Form of Second-person plural imperative, recuperare#Italian|recuperare

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