Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Recuperate
Re·cu′per·ate (-?t), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. Recuperated (-?′t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Recuperating.] [L. recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See Recover to get again.] To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Re·cu′per·ate, v. t. To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.