convalesce

English

Etymology

From Latin convalscere; con- + valescere, to grow strong, valere to be strong.

Pronunciation

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Verb

convalesce (third-person singular simple present convalesces, present participle convalescing, simple past and past participle convalesced)

1. To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness

   a patient begins to convalesce

Translations

to recover

Bulgarian: оздравявам, възстановявам се

Hungarian: lábadozik (hu)

Derived terms

• convalescent

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• covalences

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Latin

Verb

convalēsce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convalēscō