recuperate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin recuperātus, from recuperāre (“to get again, regain, recover, revive, restore, Medieval Latin also intransitive revive, convalesce, recover”), present active infinitive of recuperō.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: rɪˈkuːpəreɪt
Verb [edit]
recuperate (third-person singular simple present recuperates, present participle recuperating, simple past and past participle recuperated)
- To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
- (sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
recover, especially from an illness — see recover
External links [edit]
- 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
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
recuperate
- second-person plural present indicative of recuperare
- second-person plural imperative of recuperare
- Feminine plural of recuperato
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
recuperāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of recuperō