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Recuperate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Recuperate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

regain or make up for

"recuperate one's losses"

2

regain a former condition after a financial loss

"We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"

"The company managed to recuperate"

3

restore to good health or strength

4

get over an illness or shock

"The patient is recuperating"

5

To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

Example Sentences
"recuperate one's losses" verb
"We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90" verb
"The company managed to recuperate" verb
"The patient is recuperating" verb
See Also
recover recuperatest recuperateth illness recuperation recuperator recuperates recuperable
Related Terms
Antonyms
drop
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
get revert bring around better
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
make up rally perk up snap back

Origin

The word comes from the Latin recuperare, meaning "to get again or regain." It is a doublet of the English word recover.

Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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