Search Result for "convalesce":
Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. get over an illness or shock;
- Example: "The patient is recuperating"
[syn: recuperate, recover, convalesce]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Convalesce \Con`va*lesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Convalesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Convalescing.] [L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See Valiant.] To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce. [1913 Webster]
