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Convalesce

//ˌkɑn.vəˈlɛs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.

    "The patient convalesced for six months after his stroke."

  2. 2
    get over an illness or shock wordnet

Etymology

From Latin convalēscere, from con- (intensive prefix) + valēscere (“to become strong”), inchoative of valēre (“to be strong”).

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