To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.
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To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
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To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
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To disprove or make void; to refute.
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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
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To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
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To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head.
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The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
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The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
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Alt. of Recuperatory
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Alt. of Recuperatory
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To cover again.
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To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
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