Both Uses of
recuperate
in
Leaves of Grass
- …went where he sat on a log and led him in and assured him, And brought water and fill'd a tub for his sweated body and bruis'd feet, And gave him a room that enter'd from my own, and gave him some coarse clean clothes, And remember perfectly well his revolving eyes and his awkwardness, And remember putting plasters on the galls of his neck and ankles; He staid with me a week before he was recuperated and pass'd north, I had him sit next me at table, my fire-lock lean'd in the corner.†
Chpt 3
- O the of increase, growth, recuperation, The joy of soothing and pacifying, the joy of concord and harmony.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(recuperate) to regain good health or strength