Recovering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process or the instance of recovery.

    "Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of recover form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "a recovering drug addict"

Adjective
  1. 1
    returning to health after illness or debility wordnet

Synonyms

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convalescentillmend

Example

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"The patient was recovering daily."

Etymology

From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.

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