convalesce

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Latin convalēscere, from con- (intensive prefix) + valēscere (“to become strong”), inchoative of valēre (“to be strong”).

It would never do, and Selby felt it, so he went to see Clifford, who was convalescing on mint juleps in his garden. — The King in Yellow, Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The little patient is still convalescing in a highly satisfactory manner, and with a rapidity which speaks volumes both for her own strong constitution and this mountain as a health resort. — 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands, Eliot H. (Eliot Harlow) Robinson
It wasn’t the merriest place to convalesce in, but I was as hard as nails at the time and by the third day I was beginning to sit up and be bored. — Mr. Standfast, John Buchan

recuperate, recover

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