1. To recover or to get back to a normal condition after being ill: After having broken his leg, Jackson had time off work to recuperate and to get well again.
2. To retrieve or to reclaim something taken or lost: After getting up from the sofa quickly, Sarah became dizzy and it took a while for her to recuperate and get her balance again.

Gregory doesn't think he will ever recuperate the financial losses he suffered from during the last poker game!

3. Etymology: from Latin recuperatus, past participle of recuperare,"to get again, to recover, to restore"; from recipere, "to obtain again"; from re-, "again" + capere, "to take". © ALL rights are reserved.

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