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convalesce

[ kon-vuh-les ]

verb (used without object)

convalesced, convalescing.
  1. to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.


convalesce

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verb

  1. intr to recover from illness, injury, or the aftereffects of a surgical operation, esp by resting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of convalesce1

1475–85; < Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô±¹²¹±ôŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð to grow fully strong, equivalent to con- con- + ±¹²¹±ôŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð to grow strong ( val ( ŧ°ù±ð ) to be well + -escere -esce )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of convalesce1

C15: from Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô±¹²¹±ôŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð, from com- (intensive) + ±¹²¹±ôŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð to grow strong, from valŧ°ù±ð to be strong
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To convalesce, they stay in this compound, and exercise by walking around its well-ordered clusters of three-story buildings and a synthetic turf avenue with a playground and soccer field.

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More than a dozen koalas were convalescing in open-air enclosures, wrapping their woolly arms around the trunks of eucalyptus trees.

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Pink needed two surgeries and almost two months of recovery at the same aviary where Blue is convalescing.

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Palace hopes that she would be left alone to convalesce were dashed.

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She will convalesce at home for two to three months, according to her office at the palace, and will not return to official duties until after Easter, which falls on March 31 this year.

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