recuperate
verb (used without object)
to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
recuperates
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present tense formof recuperate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Once she recuperates, she plans to return to part-time consulting to keep her mind active and feel productive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Nonetheless, it must be a reminder to Prince William how his own role will change, not least in the short term, as he takes on more engagements while the King recuperates.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024
Mr. Austin was released on Monday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and has been working at home while he recuperates.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said he would ask the chamber this week to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve on the Judiciary Committee while she recuperates.
From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2023
More or less acute dilatation occurring in such persons is likely to recur on the least exertion, unless the patient takes a prolonged rest cure and the heart is so well that it recuperates perfectly.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
