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convalesce

UK/ˌkɒn.vəˈlɛs//ˌkɑn.vəˈlɛs/

convalesce verb: to recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.

Verb

convalesce (third-person singular simple present convalesces, present participle convalescing, simple past and past participle convalesced)

  1. To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.
    • The patient convalesced for six months after his stroke.

convalesce meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

convalesce in Tamil

நலமுறு

convalesce in Malayalam

recover, recuperate, get better
രോഗാനന്തരം ആരോഗ്യം വീണ്ടെടുക്കുക, സുഖപ്പെടുക, സ്വസ്ഥമാകുക, ആശ്വാസമുണ്ടാകുക, സൗഖ്യമാകുക, ആരോഗ്യസ്ഥിതി നന്നാകുക

convalesce in Kannada

ಚೇತರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹುಷಾರಾಗು, ಗುಣಹೊಂದು, ಸುಧಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರು, ಗುಣಮುಖವಾಗು, ಚೇತರಿಸಿಕೊ

Forms of convalesce

third-person singular presentconvalesces
present participleconvalescing
past participleconvalesced
pastconvalesced

Origin of convalesce

From Latin convalēscere, from con- (intensive prefix) + valēscere (“to become strong”), inchoative of valēre (“to be strong”).

Words formed from convalesce

Words that rhyme with convalesce

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Questions about convalesce

What does convalesce mean?
Convalesce means to recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.
What is convalesce in Tamil?
Convalesce in Tamil is நலமுறு. See Convalesce meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is convalesce?
Convalesce is a verb.
How do you pronounce convalesce?
Convalesce is pronounced /ˌkɒn.vəˈlɛs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of convalesce?
The past tense of convalesce is convalesced.

Words near convalesce in the dictionary

  1. conutrient
  2. conutrients
  3. conuzant
  4. conuzor
  5. conuzors
  6. convalesce
  7. convalesced
  8. convalescence
  9. convalescences
  10. convalescencies
  11. convalescency

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: convalesce (page history and authors); convalesce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convalesce (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); convalesce (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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