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Definition of Convalesce

Convalesce
Convalesce Con`va*lesce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Convalesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Convalescing.] [L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See Vallant.] To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

Meaning of Convalesce from wikipedia

- Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury. It refers to the later stage of an infectious disease or illness...
- lithograph. The painting was completed in early May at a time when he was convalescing from a severe relapse in his health some two months before his death...
- on Government Order; Aged Indian Leader is Ill and Must Go to Coast to Convalesce", Montreal Gazette, 5 February 1924, p. 1 Datta, Amaresh (2006). The Encyclopaedia...
- needed] The story is often told that in 1755, Nathaniel Gilbert, while convalescing, read a treatise of John Wesley, An Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion...
- When he was discharged in January 1934, he returned to Southwold to convalesce and, supported by his parents, never returned to teaching. He was disappointed...
- losing his ability to speak and being paralysed on his right side. He convalesced at Gorki and had largely recovered by July. In October, he returned to...
- lodgings in Hulme. She was accompanying her father Patrick, who was convalescing in the city after cataract surgery. She probably envisioned Manchester...
- Battle of Churubusco approached, Scott ordered Pierce to the rear to convalesce. He responded, "For God's sake, General, this is the last great battle...
- stay in The Hague, and he wrote this composition probably while he was convalescing from his illness. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two natural horns...
- seriously ill again. He was then quickly escorted to Monte C****ino to convalesce. After resting for a while, he set out again but stopped at the Cistercian...