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Convalesce   Listen
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Convalesce  v. i.  (past & past part. convalesced; pres. part. convalescing)  To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Convalesce" Quotes from Famous Books



... strength, and when a mail was brought with no letter from Eva the disappointment and anxiety told on his already overtaxed constitution. O'Dwyer was the last to convalesce, and even he was no longer in need of constant attention. With the relaxing of the strain came Philip's utter collapse. The fever was on him, and for weeks he talked deliriously of English lanes, of his sister Kate, of his rise ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman



Words linked to "Convalesce" :   convalescent, meliorate, snap back, ameliorate, gain vigor, perk, deteriorate, perk up, convalescence, pick up, percolate, recover



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