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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



... with love and sentiment. Of course we all know that Jack is the salt of the earth, and it nearly kills me to give him pain, but he will get over it, they always do, and I would rather for him to convalesce without me than with me. I made him promise not to write me a line, and he just looked at me in that quiet, quizzical way and said: "All right, but you just remember that I'm waiting, until you are ready to begin life over again ...
— Lady of the Decoration • Frances Little

... might if I stayed here. There's no knowing. You'll be pleased to hear your daddy is better. He's coming down to the Castle to convalesce. And when he's done that, I'm going to have a party—a ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell



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



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