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< recumbent

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re·cu·per·ate

-k

-r

, -ky

-) KEY

VERB:
re·cu·per·at·ed, re·cu·per·at·ing, re·cu·per·ates
VERB:
intr.

To return to health or strength; recover.
To recover from financial loss.

VERB:
tr.

To restore to health or strength.
To regain.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin recuperre, recupert- : re-, re- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
re·cuper·ation(Noun), re·cuper·ative (-p

-r

v, -p

-t

v) KEY or re·cuper·a·tory (-p

-tôr

, -t

) KEY (Adjective)

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