recuperate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb regain or make up for
  2. verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
  3. verb restore to good health or strength

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre (“get again, regain, recover”). Doublet of recover. The pronunciation without /j/ may have been influenced by the semantically similar, but etymologically distinct verb recoup.

In classic literature

Synonyms

recover, recoup

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