convalesce

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After a six weeks' doubtful struggle with the disease Tommy began to convalesce, and with returning strength revived his invincible love of mischief, which he gratified in provoking the soul of Orderly Ben Fallows, notwithstanding that the two had become firm friends during the tedious course of Tommy's sickness.

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  1. intransitive verb To return to health and strength after illness; recuperate.

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  • 'My mother suggested taking him to a cottage on the Gower coast to convalesce,' said Gabriel. —  dummy1
  • He withdrew to "convalesce" at Sinuessa on the Bay of Naples. —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
  • The New York Post's Michael Riedel reports that "Plow" was a week away from returning its $3.5 million investment when Piven had to retreat to Los Angeles to convalesce. —  NBCSports.com: Sports
  • They boarded their afternoon charter out of Hanscom with P.J. Axelsson, Andrew Ference, and Dennis Wideman all left behind in the Hub, allowing the most recent walking wounded extra time to convalesce. —  Boston.com Most Popular
  • But Bresnan opted out of Lions selection in order to convalesce after a tough county season. —  ECB Latest News
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convalesce:   convalescing
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  1. Late Middle English convalesshe, from Latin convalēscere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + valēscere, to grow strong, inchoative of valēre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish convalecer = Portuguese convalescer, from Latin convalescere, begin to grow strong or well, grow stronger, from com- (intensive) + valescere, inceptive of valere, be strong or well: see valiant and avail.
 

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