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recuperate

re·cu·pe·rate

UK/ɹɪˈk(j)uːpəˌɹeɪt/ US/rɪˈkupɜrˌeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

regain or make up for

  • “recuperate one”
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2.

regain a former condition after a financial loss

  • “We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”
  • “The company managed to recuperate”
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3.
4.

get over an illness or shock

  • “The patient is recuperating”
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Origin

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.

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