/
rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/
v.
- recover from illness or exertion.
- regain (something lost).
Derivative
- recuperable adj.
- recuperation n.
- recuperative adj.
- recuperator n.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (C15) as recuperation): from L. recuperat-, recuperare ‘regain’, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.