Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recuperate \Re*cu"per*ate\ (-?t), v. i. [imp. &. p. p.
   {Recuperated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recuperating}.] [L.
   recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See {Recover} to get
   again.]
   To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.