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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9 words match “CONVALESCE”

CONVALESCE v.
ecover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.
CONVALESCED a.
Convalescent. [R.] He found the queen somewhat convalesced. J. Knox.
CONVALESCENCE; CONVALESCENCY n.
The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.
CONVALESCENT a. 3 definitions
Of or pertaining to convalescence.
CONVALESCENTLY adv.
In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
PEART a.
Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592).
RECUPERATE v.
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
RELAPSE v.
o fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relaps into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. That task performed, [preachers] relapse into themselv…
SOLARIUM n.
on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.